Description
| Product ID: | 9781032355412 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | A Materialist Theory of the Mind |
| Authors: | Author: D. M. Armstrong |
| Page Count: | 406 |
| Subjects: | Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Philosophy of mind, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Philosophy of mind, Psychological theory & schools of thought |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A landmark of 20th century philosophy of mind, it launched the physicalist revolution in approaches to the mind and has been debated and puzzled over ever since its first publication in 1968. Includes a new Foreword by Peter Anstey, placing Armstrong's book in helpful philosophical and historical context. D. M. Armstrong''s A Materialist Theory of the Mind is widely known as one of the most important defences of the view that mental states are nothing but physical states of the brain. A landmark of twentieth-century philosophy of mind, it launched the physicalist revolution in approaches to the mind and has been engaged with, debated and puzzled over ever since its first publication over fifty years ago. Ranging over a remarkable number of topics, from behaviourism, the will and knowledge to perception, bodily sensation and introspection, Armstrong argues that mental states play a causally intermediate role between stimuli, other mental states and behavioural responses. He uses several illuminating examples to illustrate this, such as the classic case of pain. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Peter Anstey, placing Armstrong''s book in helpful philosophical and historical context. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-06 |
