Mental Causation and Ontology

Mental Causation and Ontology
Author: S. C. Gibb
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2013-03-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199603774

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This book demonstrates the importance of ontology for a central debate in philosophy of mind. Mental causation seems an obvious aspect of the world. But it is hard to understand how it can happen unless we get clear about what the entities involved in the process are. An international team of contributors presents new work on this problem.


Mental Causation and Ontology
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: S. C. Gibb
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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