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Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology

that includes classic and contemporary readings from leading philosophers.

Addressing most major topics within the philosophy of mind, O'Connor and

Robb have carefully chosen articles under the following headings:

? Substance Dualism and Idealism

? Materialism

? Mind and Representation 111 ? Consciousness

Articles by the following thinkers are included:

Zimmerman

Swinburne

Lowe

Robinson

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Smart

Putnam

Kripke Block

Zuboff Chalmers

Lewis Fodor

Dretske

Searle

Davidson

Dennett

Churchland

Levine

McGinn

Jackson

Carruthers

Harman

Hasker

Lockwood

Unger

Kim

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Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay written by the editors, which

aims to guide the student gently into the topic. The book is highly accessible

and provides a broad-ranging exploration of the subject including discussion

of leading philosophers in the field. Ideal for any philosophy student, this book

will prove essential reading for any philosophy of mind course.

Timothy O'Connor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University. He is editor of Agents, Causes, and Events: Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will (1995) and author of Persons and Causes: The Metaphysics of Free Will (2000).

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author of several articles on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind.

Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy

Series Editor: Paul K. Moser, Loyola University of Chicago

Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy is a major new series of philosophy anthologies aimed at undergraduate students taking core philosophy disciplines. It is also a companion series to the highly successful Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. Each book of readings provides an overview of a core general subject in philosophy offering students an accessible transition from introductory to higher-level undergraduate work in that subject. Each chapter of readings will be carefully selected, edited, and introduced. They will provide a broad overview of each topic and will include both classic and contemporary readings.

Philosophy of Science Yuri Balashov and Alex Rosenberg

Metaphysics Michael J. Loux

Epistemology Michael Huemer with introduction by Robert Audi

Philosophy of Mind Timothy O'Connor and David Robb

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First published 2003 by Routledge

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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge

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This edition published in the Taylor and Francis e-Library, 2005.

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Editorial matter ? 2003 David Robb and Timothy O'Connor

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from

the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Philosophy of mind: contempory readings/edited by

Timothy O'Connor and David Robb.

p. cm. ? (Routledge contemporary readings in philosophy)

Designed to be used with: Philosophy of mind/John Heil.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Philosophy of mind. I. O'Connor, Timothy, 1965?

II. Robb, David, 1966? III. Heil, John. Philosophy of mind.

IV. Series.

BD418.3.P47 2003

128.2?dc21

2002044532

ISBN 0-203-98769-1 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0?415?28353?1 (hbk) ISBN 0?415?28354?X (pbk)

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