... format ISBN 0-5 2 1-6 528 5-5 hardbackISBN 0-5 2 1-6 542 8-9 paperbackISBN 0-5 1 1-0 405 4-7 eBookE. J. Lowe 20042000(netLibrary)©ContentsPrefacepagexi 1Introduction1 Empiricalpsychologyandphilosophicalanalysis2Metaphysicsandthephilosophyofmind3Abriefguidetotherestofthisbook62Minds,bodiesandpeople8Cartesiandualism9Theconceivabilityargument11Thedivisibilityargument13Non-Cartesiandualism15Arepersonssimplesubstances?18Conceptualobjectionstodualisticinteraction21Empiricalobjectionstodualisticinteraction24Thecausalclosureargument26Objectionstothecausalclosureargument29Otherargumentsforandagainstphysicalism32Conclusions363Mentalstates39Propositionalattitudestates40Behaviourismanditsproblems41Functionalism44Functionalismandpsychophysicalidentitytheories48Theproblemofconsciousness51Qualiaandtheinvertedspectrumargument53Somepossibleresponsestotheinvertedspectrumargument55Theabsentqualiaargumentandtwonotionsofconsciousness59Eliminativematerialismand‘folkpsychology’61Someresponsestoeliminativematerialism64Conclusions66viiContentsviii4Mentalcontent69Propositions70Thecausalrelevanceofcontent74Theindividuationofcontent79Externalisminthephilosophyofmind82Broadversusnarrowcontent84Content,representationandcausality89Misrepresentationandnormality92Theteleologicalapproachtorepresentation95Objectionstoateleologicalaccountofmentalcontent99Conclusions1005Sensationandappearance102Appearanceandreality103Sense-datumtheoriesandtheargumentfromillusion107Otherargumentsforsense-data110Objectionstosense-datumtheories112Theadverbialtheoryofsensation114Theadverbialtheoryandsense-data116Primaryandsecondaryqualities119Sense-datumtheoriesandtheprimary/secondarydistinction121Anadverbialversionoftheprimary/secondarydistinction125Docolour-propertiesreallyexist?126Conclusions1286Perception130Perceptualexperienceandperceptualcontent131Perceptualcontent,appearanceandqualia135Perceptionandcausation137Objectionstocausaltheoriesofperception143Thedisjunctivetheoryofperception145Thecomputationalandecologicalapproachestoperception149Consciousness,experienceand‘blindsight’155Conclusions1587Thoughtandlanguage160Modesofmentalrepresentation162The‘languageofthought’hypothesis164Analogueversusdigitalrepresentation167Imaginationandmentalimagery169Thoughtandcommunication175Doanimalsthink?178Naturallanguageandconceptualschemes183Contents ... is pastand that what metaphysicians aspire to achieve is an imposs-ible dream. They claim that it is an illusion to suppose thathuman beings can formulate and justify an undistorted pic-ture of ... upon more spe-cific aspects of mind and personality: sensation, perception,thought and language, reasoning and intelligence, action andintention, and finally personal identity and self-knowledge.The...