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The Representational Theory of Mind: An Introduction

The Representational Theory of Mind: An Introduction Paperback / softback - 1991 - 1st Edition

by Kim Sterelny

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Paperback / softback. New. This book is not a conventional introduction to the philosophy of mind, nor is it a contribution to the physicalist/ dualist debate. Instead The Representational Theory of Mind demonstrates that we can construct physicalist theories of important aspects of our mental life.
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  • Title The Representational Theory of Mind: An Introduction
  • Author Kim Sterelny
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 268
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackwell Publishers, Oxford
  • Date 1991-01-08
  • Features Glossary
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780631164982
  • ISBN 9780631164982 / 0631164987
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 6.07 x 0.68 in (22.83 x 15.42 x 1.73 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Knowledge, Theory of, Mental representation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90-35273
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128.2

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This book is not a conventional introduction to the philosophy of mind, nor is it a contribution to the physicalist/ dualist debate. Instead The Representational Theory of Mind demonstrates that we can construct physicalist theories of important aspects of our mental life. Its aim is to explain and defend a physicalist theory of intelligence in two parts: the first six chapters consist of an exposition, elaboration and defence of human sentience (the functionalist theory of mind), and the second part considers rivals and objections to this theory.

Kim Sterelny aims to introduce people to this area of philosophy be exemplifying it, to show that philosophical and empirical investigations can be synthesized to the benefit of both. It is both introduction and argument, explanation and manifesto and succeeds in bridging the widening gap between student primer and contemporary research. Technical vocabulary is explained (and defined in a glossary) while the leading edge of current debates is confronted and assessed. This book has been written for people working in philosophy, psychology and the cognitive sciences.

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About the author

Kim Sterelny is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is co-author with Michael Devitt of Language and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language.