Matters of Mind Consciousness, Reason and Nature [Hardcover]

Matters of Mindexamines the mind-body problem. It offers a chapter by chapter analysis of debates surrounding the problem, including visual experience, consciousness and the problem of Zombies and Ghosts. It will prove invaluable for those interested in epistemology, philosophy of mind and cognitive science.Introduction 1. Visual Experience 2. Explaining Qualia 3. Content and Warrant 4. Warrant and Reliability 5. Zombies and Ghosts 6. Physicalims and OverdeterminationThe six chapters of this well-written book can be read separately, or as a unity leading to Sturgeon's Wait-and-See view in the mind-body debate.'- Journal of Consciousness StudiesScott Sturgeon is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.