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The World, the Flesh and the Subject: Continental Themes in Philosophy of Mind and Body
Prof Paul Gilbert
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Hardback. The book aims to bring together these three themes - the world, the flesh and the subject - to resolve many of the puzzles that beset contemporary philosophy of mind. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
Here, for the first time, contemporary Continental thought comes into conversation with analytic philosophy on all the principal topics of philosophy of mind. Rejecting the dominant Anglo-American paradigm, which reduces mental phenomena to their roles in a scientific psychology, the authors present a non-mysterious, naturalistic alternative. Characterising mental life is, they seek to show, capturing the world from the point of view of the subject. But the subject is essentially embodied, so that mental phenomena are modes of our fleshly existence in the world. The book aims to bring together these three themes - the world,the flesh and the subject ... Read more
Here, for the first time, contemporary Continental thought comes into conversation with analytic philosophy on all the principal topics of philosophy of mind. Rejecting the dominant Anglo-American paradigm, which reduces mental phenomena to their roles in a scientific psychology, the authors present a non-mysterious, naturalistic alternative. Characterising mental life is, they seek to show, capturing the world from the point of view of the subject. But the subject is essentially embodied, so that mental phenomena are modes of our fleshly existence in the world. The book aims to bring together these three themes - the world,the flesh and the subject ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748614981
SKU
V9780748614981
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About Prof Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull. His previous books include The World, the Flesh and the Subject (with Kathleen Lennon, 2005), New Terror, New Wars (2003), Peoples, Cultures and Nations in Political Philosophy (2000), The Philosophy of Nationalism (1998), Terrorism, Security and Nationality (1994), and Human Relationships (1991). Kathleen Lennon is a Senior ... Read more
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