Subjects of Experience

by E.J. Lowe

In this innovative study E.J. Lowe demonstrates the inadequacy of physicalism, even in its mildest, nonreductionist guises, as a basis for a scientifically and philosophically acceptable account of human beings as subjects of experience, thought and action. He shows how an attribution of independent causal powers to the mental states of human subjects is perfectly consistent with a thoroughly natural world view, and examines the role that conscious mental states play in the human subject's exercise of its most central capacities for perception, action, thought and self-knowledge.

Genres: Philosophy, Metaphysics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good, particularly the first three chapters. This books discusses personal identity, but also discusses action and self-knowledge. Lowe is an interesting dualist.