David Armstrong's materialist theory of mind /

'A Materialist Theory of Mind' (1968) by David Armstrong is one of a handful of texts that began the physicalist revolution in the philosophy of mind. It is perhaps the most influential book in the field of the second half of the twentieth century. In this volume a distinguished internatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Anstey, Peter R., 1962- (Editor), Braddon-Mitchell, David (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Peter R. Anstey, David Braddon-Mitchell
  • A materialist theory of the mind in context / Peter R. Anstey, David Braddon-Mitchell
  • Lewis and the identity theory / D.M. Armstrong
  • the two Davids and Australian materialism / A.R.J. Fisher
  • Causation, perception, and dispositions : towards a materialist theory of the mind / Sharon Ford
  • Materialism, then and now / Peter Godfrey-Smith
  • Armstrong and perception / David Rosenthal
  • Does a materialist theory of the mind give us a reply to the knowledge argument? / Frank Jackson
  • Closing (or at least narrowing) the explanatory gap / Katalin Farkas
  • Introspection and distinctness : Armstrong and Shoemaker on introspection / Ryan Cox
  • Armstrong's just-so story about consciousness / Daniel Stoljar
  • Armstrong on Conation / William G. Lycan
  • Causal conditionalism / David Braddon-Mitchell
  • A materialist reconception of the mind / Amie L. Thomasson
  • Armstrong's revenge / John Heil.