The Philosophy of Mind remains the only sourcebook of primary readings                  offering in-depth coverage of both historical works and contemporary controversies                  in philosophy of mind. This second edition provides expanded treatment of classical                  as well as current topics, with many additional readings and a new section on mental                  content. The writers included range from Aristotle, Descartes, and William James to                  such leading contemporary thinkers as Noam Chomsky, Paul and Patricia Churchland,                  and Jaegwon Kim. The 83 selections provide a thorough survey of five areas of                  enduring controversy: the mind-body problem, mental causation, mental content,                  innatism and modularity, and associationism and connectionism. Each section includes                  an introductory overview of the topic by the editors as well as suggestions for                  further reading.The selections added for the second edition serve both to enhance                  historical coverage and to update contemporary issues, especially in areas of                  current empirical research such as connectionism and innatism. Changes to historical                  coverage include a wider array of readings on classic positions as well as neglected                  precursors to views often considered recent innovations. The section on the                  mind-body problem in particular has been greatly expanded, including numerous                  selections on consciousness and phenomenal qualities (qualia). The book is ideal for                  both undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy and the history of psychology                  and will be useful both as a reference for researchers and a self-contained survey                  for the general reader.

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