Philosophy of mind, brain and behaviour

by Marc Slors, Leon de Bruin, Derek Strijkbos

How can it be possibly the case that electrical activity in the soggy grey substance of our brains is responsible for out thoughts, our conscious experience and our subjectivity? What is subjectivity, for that matter? Does it require a 'self', or a subject of experience? Is free will a possibility when all we think and do emerges from the physical brain? These are prototypical questions that characterise the philosophy of mind, brain and behaviour that we shall introduce in this book.

Many of the problems and theories discussed in this book fall under what is traditionally known as analytical philosophy of mind, such as the mind-body problem, mental causation, mental content and consciousness. The range of this book, however, is wider, and includes other themes that are directly connected with the bigger issue of what it is that makes us human beings or persons. These topics are 'the self', 'free will', 'understanding other minds', 'embodied, embedded cognition' and 'emotions'.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Psychology

319 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Zaïra · Rating 3 out of 5]

read in part

[Lou · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was mandatory reading for university for me and even though this is not my prefered topic, I still thought that all the examples and explanations were very good

Merged review:

This was mandatory reading for university for me and even though this is not my prefered topic, I still thought that all the examples and explanations were very good