Epiphenomenal Mind

An Integrated Outlook on Sensations, Beliefs, and Pleasure

William S. Robinson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

202 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-73288-2 (ISBN)

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According to epiphenomenalism, our behavior is caused by events in our brains that also cause our mentality. This resulting mentality reflects our brains’ organization, but does not in turn cause anything. This book defends an epiphenomenalist account of philosophy of mind. It builds on the author’s previous work by moving beyond a discussion of sensations to apply an epiphenomenalist outlook to other aspects of mental causation such as beliefs, desires, pleasure, and displeasure. The first four chapters of the book argue for a dualistic theory of sensations and develop an epiphenomenalist version of dualism. The remaining chapters discuss propositional attitudes and valence. The author also responds to potential objections to epiphenomenalism by considering how sensations, intelligence, or understanding might be built into a robot. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in philosophy of mind who are interested in consciousness, mental causation, and how our mentality is situated in the world.

William S. Robinson is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Iowa State University. He writes on a variety of topics in philosophy of mind. Previous books include Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness (2004) and, for a more general audience, Your Brain and You (2010).

Preface

1. Sensations

2. Developing Dualism

3. Epiphenomenalism

4. Experience as Such

5. Mental Causation

6. Believing and Desiring

7. Robots

8. Unconscious Processing

9. Valence

10. Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	303 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	0-367-73288-2 / 0367732882
ISBN-13	978-0-367-73288-2 / 9780367732882
Zustand	Neuware