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WarpDrive
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A cogent explanation of important concepts such as epiphenomenalism, causal closure, supervenience. Behavioralism is explained, and its many shortcomings are highlighted.
It is a nice feature of this book that new concepts are clearly explained as soon as introduced. There is handy glossary at the end of the book. The writing style is occasionally dry, though (but generally precise and unambiguous).
— Jun 12, 2016 06:23PM
It is a nice feature of this book that new concepts are clearly explained as soon as introduced. There is handy glossary at the end of the book. The writing style is occasionally dry, though (but generally precise and unambiguous).
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WarpDrive
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A quite un-interesting and not overly relevant treatment of concepts of narrow versus broad content.
— Jun 21, 2016 08:21PM
WarpDrive
is on page 176 of 293
Chapter 10 is beautifully written: it deals with my favourites theories of intentional states: the "language of thought" hypothesis and the map theory.
— Jun 19, 2016 05:08PM
WarpDrive
is on page 160 of 293
The deeply unsatisfactory theories of instrumentalism (and its interpretationist cousin) are explained. Intentional system theory is also briefly treated.
— Jun 18, 2016 05:57PM
WarpDrive
is on page 140 of 293
An OK but too brief treatment of the the complex issues raised by phenomenal qualities (aka "qualia").
— Jun 17, 2016 06:12PM
WarpDrive
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Very nice treatment of well-known challenges to functionalism: the "China Brain", the ultra-famous "Chinese Room", and the "Blockhead" Gedankenexperiments.
— Jun 16, 2016 06:07PM
WarpDrive
is on page 100 of 293
Pretty standard, concisely but well written introduction to classical issues in identity theory (including the well-known alternatives between type-type and token-token identity theories). The level is introductory, at undergraduate level. The overall approach is very typical of a college textbook.
— Jun 15, 2016 08:30PM
