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This book is now available FREE in PDF format. See...

 F.U.N. Philosophy.

  • What is your mind?

  • How is it related to your body?

  • What does it mean to be a person and to be conscious?

  • What about artificial intelligence and information technology?

These and many other issues are explored in The Philosophy of Mind, which looks at ideas about the mind, from ancient Greece to present day cognitive science. It explores memory, free will and knowledge of other minds, and considers issues relating the mind to religion and artistic creativity.

No previous knowledge of the subject is required; all terms are explained.

 

Contents:
1. From the Greeks to the 16th Century
2. Dualism and its Alternatives
3. Cognitive Science
4. Mind and the Theory of Knowledge
5. Personal Identity and Memory
6. Knowledge of Other Minds
7. Free Will and Action
8. Consciousness
The Creative Mind

 

 

 

 

 

 While this book attempts to give an overview of the subject, my own personal view of the self and how it develops and gives us character is developed in the book entitled 'ME'.

 

Also - if you look on the general section on the Philosophy of Mind (click on the link on the left to go to this section) you will see that this is a lively area of philosophical debate, so - if you use the free version of the old edition of Philosophy of Mind, be aware that it is already out-of-date, in the sense that it cannot hope to keep pace with current debate.

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