the continuity of mind jun 2008

... And the provision of just such a conception is one of the principal tasks of metaphysics. 3 The point of these remarks is to emphasise there cannot be progress either in the philosophy of mind ... people are minded or mindful, meaning thereby just that they feel, see, think, reason and so forth. According to this view of the matter, the philosophy of mind is the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:39

... And the provision of just such a conception is one of the principal tasks of metaphysics. 3 The point of these remarks is to emphasise there cannot be progress either in the philosophy of mind ... people are minded or mindful, meaning thereby just that they feel, see, think, reason and so forth. According to this view of the matter, the philosophy of mind is the...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... that these notions can then be used, without circularity, as the basis of a natur- alistic account of the origin of mental content. 16 The key idea here is to appeal to the biological theory of ... discussion of some of the points raised here may be found in Gregory McCulloch, The Mind and its World (London: Routledge, 1995), pp. 211–16. An introduction to the phil...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... parts of those bodies, such as their brains. The other was the question of whether the mental states of persons, such as thoughts and feelings, are identical with certain physical states of their bodies, ... justice in the present book. An introduction to the philosophy of mind5 0 suitable pattern of causal relationships, as may the states of a bundle of human neu...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... somehow, from the state of the sys- tem’s sensors, which in the case of the human visual system are the retinal surfaces of our eyes. At this level of abstrac- tion, then, we may describe the task ... experience. Indeed, neither of them really has any use for the notion of perceptual experience at all. Perhaps that will be a point in their favour as far as adherents...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... voice," the old man said. "Because of the nature of the blog, the readers are expecting a more formal tone. The blogger understands the target audience and writes the way that best speaks to them." "I ... influenced by The Zen of Juggling by Dave Finnigan. Additional inspiration came from The Matrix by The Wachowski Brothers, The Lord of the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 04:20

... refute the hypothesis of mental continuity, and that, on the other hand, this hypothesis affords a useful test of suggested theories as to the nature of mind. The hypothesis of mental continuity ... a certain set of habits in the use of words. The thoughts (if any) in the mind of the examinee are of no interest to the examiner; nor has the examiner an...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 00:20

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 12:06

... certain set of habits in the use of words. The thoughts (if any) in the mind of the examinee are of no interest to the examiner; nor has the examiner any reason to suppose even the most ... context of associates, play the part of a knower, of a state of mind, of 'consciousness'; while in a different context the same undivided...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 15:29