Mind in a physical world

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This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind - in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction.

subjects: Causation,  Mind and body,  Philosophy of mind,  Philosophy,  Philosophie de l'esprit,  Esprit et corps,  Causalité,  Kausalität,  Leib-Seele-Problem,  Reduktionismus,  Lichaam en geest,  Causaliteit,  Reductionisme,  Geist,  Mind & Body,  Speculative Philosophy,  Philosophy & Religion