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Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind

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Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind

By: Jaegwon Kim

The first begins with a consideration of Davidson's argument for the claim that there are no strict laws about the mental; the second builds on J.J.C. Smart's observations on biology and its relation to physics; and the third is based on my earlier work on multiple realization.

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Oxford University Press

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0199585873

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Philosophy of Mind

By: Jaegwon Kim

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Philosophy of Mind

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This book explores a range of issues in the philosophy of mind, with the mind-body problem as the main focus. It serves as a stimulus to the reader to engage with the problems of the mind and try to come to terms with them, and examines Descartes's mind-body dualism.

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Routledge

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0429974485

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Physicalism, or Something Near Enough

By: Jaegwon Kim

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Physicalism, or Something Near Enough

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Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind have largely been shaped by physicalism, the doctrine that all phenomena are ultimately physical. Here, Jaegwon Kim presents the most comprehensive and systematic presentation yet of his influential ideas on the mind-body problem. He seeks to determine, after half a century of debate: What kind of (or "how much") physicalism can we lay claim to? He begins by laying out mental causation and consciousness as the two principal challenges to contemporary physicalism. How can minds exercise their causal powers in a physical world? Is a physicalist account of consciousness possible? The book's starting point is the "supervenience" argument (sometimes called the "exclusion" argument), which Kim reformulates in an extended defense. This argument shows that the contemporary physicalist faces a stark choice between reductionism (the idea that mental phenomena are physically reducible) and epiphenomenalism (the view that mental phenomena are causally impotent). Along the way, Kim presents a novel argument showing that Cartesian substance dualism offers no help with mental causation. Mind-body reduction, therefore, is required to save mental causation. But are minds physically reducible? Kim argues that all but one type of mental phenomena are reducible, including intentional mental phenomena, such as beliefs and desires. The apparent exceptions are the intrinsic, felt qualities of conscious experiences ("qualia"). Kim argues, however, that certain relational properties of qualia, in particular their similarities and differences, are behaviorally manifest and hence in principle reducible, and that it is these relational properties of qualia that are central to their cognitive roles. The causal efficacy of qualia, therefore, is not entirely lost. According to Kim, then, while physicalism is not the whole truth, it is the truth near enough.

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Princeton University Press

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0691133859

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9780691133850

Supervenience and Mind

Selected Philosophical Essays

By: Jaegwon Kim

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Supervenience and Mind

Selected Philosophical Essays

By: Jaegwon Kim

Jaegwon Kim is one of the most preeminent and most influential contributors to the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. This collection of essays presents the core of his work on supervenience and mind with two sets of postscripts especially written for the book. The essays focus on such issues as the nature of causation and events, what dependency relations other than causal relations connect facts and events, the analysis of supervenience, and the mind-body problem. A central problem in the philosophy of mind is the problem of explaining how the mind can causally influence bodily processes. Professor Kim explores this problem in detail, criticizes the nonreductionist solution of it, and offers a modified reductionist solution of his own. Both professional philosophers and their graduate students will find this an invaluable collection.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521433940

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Philosophy of Mind

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Mind in a Physical World

An Essay on the Mind-body Problem and Mental Causation

By: Jaegwon Kim

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Mind in a Physical World

An Essay on the Mind-body Problem and Mental Causation

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This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind--in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind--in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.

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MIT Press

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0262611538

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Supervenience and Mind

Selected Philosophical Essays

By: Jaegwon Kim

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Selected Philosophical Essays

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This collection of essays presents the core of the work of influential philosopher Jaegwon Kim.

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Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind

By: Jaegwon Kim

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Jaegwon Kim presents a selection of his essays from the last two decades. The volume includes three new essays, on an agent-centered first-person account of action explanation, the concepts of realization and their bearings on the mind-body problem, and the nonexistence of laws in the special sciences. Among other topics covered are emergence and emergentism, the nature of explanation and of theories of explanation, reduction and reductive explanation, mental causation and explanatory exclusion. Kim tackles questions such as: How should we understand the concept of "emergence", and what are the prospects of emergentism as a doctrine about the status of minds? What does an agent-centered, first-person account of explanation of human actions look like? Why aren't there strict laws in the special sciences - sciences like biology, psychology, and sociology? The essays will be accessible to attentive readers without an extensive philosophical background.

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OUP Oxford

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019162506X

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Physicalism, or Something Near Enough

By: Jaegwon Kim

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1400840848

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Shamans in Contemporary Korean Theatre

By: Ah-Jeong Kim

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Shamans in Contemporary Korean Theatre

By: Ah-Jeong Kim

Shamans in Contemporary Korean Theatre draws an absorbing parallel between Korea's most innovative theatre practitioners and the ancient Kut - or shamanic rituals - that are preserved to this day by professional exponents. Framing these two forms as vital chapters in Korea's performative culture, this book traces the roots the nation's contemporary performances back to its ancient traditions. Kut is here represented by the introduction of two leading professional shamans and their specific rituals: Kim Kum-hwa, a female North Korean shaman who practices the Mansin Kut (Ten Thousand Spirits ritual) Pak Pyong-ch'on, a male South Korean practitioner of Ssitkkim Kut (Cleansing ritual). These highly respected figures are juxtaposed with four discreet and diverse theatrical figures: Shim Woo-sung and his one-man puppet theatre Oh T'ae-sok's possessed anit-realist plays Sohn Jinch'aek's issue based 'ethnic drama' Lee Yun-t'aek and his 'Culture Guerilla' company.

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0415404355

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Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind

Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind

Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Mind

Physicalism, or Something Near Enough

Physicalism, or Something Near Enough

Supervenience and Mind

Supervenience and Mind

Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Mind

Mind in a Physical World

Mind in a Physical World

Supervenience and Mind

Supervenience and Mind

Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind

Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind

Physicalism, or Something Near Enough

Physicalism, or Something Near Enough

Shamans in Contemporary Korean Theatre

Shamans in Contemporary Korean Theatre

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