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- catalog abstract ""In Natural Minds Thomas Polger advocates, and defends, the philosophical theory that mind equals brain - that sensations are brain processes - and in doing so brings the mind-brain identity theory back into the philosophical debate about consciousness. The version of identity theory that Polger advocates holds that conscious processes, events, states, or properties are type-identical to biological processes, events, states, or properties - a "tough-minded" account that maintains that minds are necessarily indentical to brains, a position held by few current identity theorists. Polger's approach to what William James called the "great blooming buzzing confusion" of consciousness begins with the idea that we need to know more about brains in order to understand consciousness fully, but recognizes that biology alone cannot provide the entire explanation. Natural Minds takes on issues from philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and metaphysics, moving freely among them in its discussion."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13113364.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""In Natural Minds Thomas Polger advocates, and defends, the philosophical theory that mind equals brain - that sensations are brain processes - and in doing so brings the mind-brain identity theory back into the philosophical debate about consciousness. The version of identity theory that Polger advocates holds that conscious processes, events, states, or properties are type-identical to biological processes, events, states, or properties - a "tough-minded" account that maintains that minds are necessarily indentical to brains, a position held by few current identity theorists. Polger's approach to what William James called the "great blooming buzzing confusion" of consciousness begins with the idea that we need to know more about brains in order to understand consciousness fully, but recognizes that biology alone cannot provide the entire explanation. Natural Minds takes on issues from philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and metaphysics, moving freely among them in its discussion."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Minds, Brains, and Multiple Realizability -- 2. The Illusion of Contingent Identity -- 3. Varieties of Functionalism -- 4. Realization and Generic Functionalism -- 5. Functional Realizations -- 6. Functional Properties and Mechanistic Explanations -- 7. Dennett's Challenge -- 8. Minds, Brains, and Persons.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-287) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 294 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0262162210 (hc. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog subject "128/.2 21".
- catalog subject "B105.M55 P65 2004".
- catalog subject "Mind-brain identity theory.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Minds, Brains, and Multiple Realizability -- 2. The Illusion of Contingent Identity -- 3. Varieties of Functionalism -- 4. Realization and Generic Functionalism -- 5. Functional Realizations -- 6. Functional Properties and Mechanistic Explanations -- 7. Dennett's Challenge -- 8. Minds, Brains, and Persons.".
- catalog title "Natural minds / Thomas W. Polger.".
- catalog type "text".