Joseph Margolis: Persons and Minds

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Persons and Minds is an inquiry into the possibilities of materialism. Professor Margolis starts his investigation, however, with a critique of the range of contemporary materialist theories, and does not find them viable. None of them, he argues, "can accommodate in a convincing way the most distinctive features of the mental life of men and oflower creatures and the imaginative possibilities of discovery and technology" (p. 8). In an extraordinarily rich analysis, Margolis carefully considers and criticizes mind-body identity theories, physicalism, eliminative materialism, behaviorism, as inadequate precisely in that they are reductive. He argues, then, for ramified concepts of emergence, and embodiment which will sustain a philosophically coherent account both of the distinctive non-natural character of persons and of their being naturally embodied. But Margolis provokes us to ask, what is an em bodied mind? The crucial context for him is not the plain physical body as such, but culture. "Persons", he writes, "are in a sense not natural entities: they exist only in cultural contexts and are identifiable as such only by refer ence to their mastery of language and of whatever further abilities presuppose such mastery" (p. 245). The hallmark of persons, in Margolis's account, is their capacity for freedom, as well as their physical endowment. Thus he writes, " . . . their characteristic powers - in effect, their freedom - must inform the order of purely physical causes in a distinctive way" (p. 246).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction.- 1. The Theory of Persons Sketched.- One. Mind/Body Identity.- 2. The Relation of Mind and Body.- 3. The Identity Theory.- 4. Radical Materialism.- 5. Materialism without Identity.- Two. Toward a Theory of Persons.- 6. Problems Regarding Persons.- 7. Language Acquisition I: Rationalists vs. Empiricists.- 8. Language Acquisition II: First and Second Languages and the Theory of Thought and Perception.- 9. Propositional Content and the Beliefs of Animals.- 10. Mental States and Sentience.- Three. Sentience and Culture Psychophysical Interaction.- 11. Psychophysical Interaction.- 12. The Nature and Identity of Cultural Entities.- 13. Action and Ideology.- References.- General Index.- Index of References.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	1977
Genre:	Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Inhalt:	xiv 310 S.
ISBN-13:	9789027708632
ISBN-10:	9027708630
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Margolis, Joseph
Hersteller:	Springer Netherland Springer Netherlands Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Maße:	235 x 155 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Joseph Margolis
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.12.1977
Gewicht:	0,499 kg

Artikel-ID: 102137463

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1977
Genre:	Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Inhalt:	xiv 310 S.
ISBN-13:	9789027708632
ISBN-10:	9027708630
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Margolis, Joseph
Hersteller:	Springer Netherland Springer Netherlands Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Maße:	235 x 155 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Joseph Margolis
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.12.1977
Gewicht:	0,499 kg