Dimensions
130 x 198 x 20mm
Seminal essays on the "Problem of Mind".
What is mind or mental process? Can they really exist? Then how might mental processes relate to brain processes? Are they only brain processes? Or are they something else? Is mind to brain as computer software is to computer hardware? If a discussion of mental processes is as obsolete as a discussion of the ether or phlogiston, should we give up talking about our mental processes altogether? And how, if at all, can we explain consciousness?
This edition presents a selection of formative responses to the "Problem of Mind", written in a century in which the subject has undergone more theoretical changes, and arguably made more genuine progress, than it had during the entire two millennia that preceded it.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, suggested reading list and chronology of modern philosophy.
