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Internal Affairs
Keith L. Butler
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Description for Internal Affairs
Hardback. What is it about you in virtue of which you are having the thoughts you are now having? The answer will no doubt make some appeal to the state your brain is now in. Most philosophers claim that many of the facts that determine your thoughts lie outside your skin. This view is called externalism. This book argues that externalism is implausible. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
This book is not written for posterity. It is meant to constitute part of my contribution to a continuing debate at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, epistemology, and the philosophy of cognitive science. The debate is over how mental states are individuated. Many philosophers, call them externalists (or anti individualists), believe that the individuation of mental states requires appeal to an individual's social and/ or physical environment. I am not among them; I am an internalist ( or individualist). This book attempts to show that the leading proponents of externalism make a lot of ... Read more
This book is not written for posterity. It is meant to constitute part of my contribution to a continuing debate at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, epistemology, and the philosophy of cognitive science. The debate is over how mental states are individuated. Many philosophers, call them externalists (or anti individualists), believe that the individuation of mental states requires appeal to an individual's social and/ or physical environment. I am not among them; I am an internalist ( or individualist). This book attempts to show that the leading proponents of externalism make a lot of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Cognitive Systems
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792352617
SKU
V9780792352617
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