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Explaining the Mental : Naturalist and Non-Naturalist Approaches to Mental Acts and Processes
ISBN: 9781443806534
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Psychology;

The aim of this collection of papers is to present different philosophical perspectives on the mental, exploring questions about how to define, explain and understand the various kinds of mental acts and processes, and exhibiting, in particular, the contrast between naturalistic and non-naturalistic approaches. There is a long tradition in philosophy of clarifying concepts such as those of thinking, knowing and believing. The task of clarifying these concepts has become ever more import...