The nature of true minds /

This book aims at reconciling the emerging conceptions of mind and their contents that have, in recent years, come to seem irreconcilable. Post-Cartesian philosophers face the challenge of comprehending minds as natural objects possessing apparently non-natural powers of thought. The difficulty is t...

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Huvudupphovsman: Heil, John
Materialtyp: Printed Book
Språk:English
Publicerad: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Ämnen:
Philosophy of mind.
Länkar:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/91044335.html
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