Philosophy of Mind: A Very Short Introduction Montero Barbara Gail
Philosophy of Mind: A Very Short Introduction Montero Barbara Gail Is the neurophysiology of pain all there is to pain? Do computers think, and if so, are their thought processes significantly…
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Philosophy of Mind: A Very Short Introduction Montero Barbara Gail
Is the neurophysiology of pain all there is to pain? Do computers think, and if so, are their thought processes significantly similar to our thought processes? How do words and mental pictures come to represent things in the world?
These are some of the puzzles that motivate the philosophical discipline called "philosophy of mind," a central area of philosophy.This Very Short Introduction introduces the philosophy of mind, and looks at some of the most interesting and important topics in this fascinating field, including the mind-body problem and dualism. Or is there something distinctive about human thought that precludes replication in a computer? Barbara Montero also discusses minds other than our own, and the problems associated with defining consciousness in animals, aliens and machines.
Considering these and other such thorny issues such as physicalism and