Mind: Ontology and Explanation : : Collected Papers 1981-2005 / / Laird Addis.

In this collection of papers by Laird Addis, published over approximately a quarter century, the main topics are the ontology of mind and the role of mind in the explanation of behavior. Addis defends a theory of natural signs, by which there is, in every conscious state including emotional states,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
©2008
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis , 25
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Physical Description:1 online resource (289 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONTOLOGY
  • MIND, STRUCTURE, AND TIME
  • NATURAL SIGNS
  • PAINS AND OTHER SECONDARY MENTAL ENTITIES
  • INTRINSIC REFERENCE AND THE NEW THEORY
  • THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTION
  • THE SIMPLICITY OF CONTENT
  • THE NECESSITY AND NATURE OF MENTAL CONTENT
  • EXPLANATION
  • DISPOSITIONS, EXPLANATION, AND BEHAVIOR
  • BEHAVIORISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACT
  • PARALLELISM, INTERACTIONISM, AND CAUSATION
  • DISPOSITIONAL MENTAL STATES: CHOMSKY AND FREUD
  • REVIEW OF LAURENCE D. SMITH’S BEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM: A REASSESSMENT OF THE ALLIANCE
  • HUMAN ACTION AND THE HUMEAN UNIVERSE
  • REFERENCES
  • AUTHOR’S NOTE
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • Backmatter