On the Contrary : Critical Essays, 1987-1997
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Paul M. and Patricia S. Churchland are towering figures in the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, and consciousness. This collection was prepared in the belief that the most useful and revealing of anyone's writings are often those shorter essays penned in conflict with or criticism of one's professional colleagues. The essays present the Churchlands' critical responses to a variety of philosophical positions advanced by some two dozen philosophical theorists. The book is divided into three parts: part I, Folk Psychology and Eliminative Materialism; part II, Meaning, Qualia, and Emotion: The Several Dimensions of Consciousness; and part III, the Philosophy of Science. V. S. Ramachandran and Rick Grush are coauthors on two of the essays.
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Product details
- Paperback | 368 pages
- 152 x 229 x 20mm | 567g
- 18 Aug 1999
- MIT Press Ltd
- MIT Press
- Cambridge, Mass., United States
- English
- Revised ed.
- 47
- 0262531658
- 9780262531658
- 2,204,103
About Paul M. Churchland
Patricia Smith Churchland is Chair of the Philosophy Department and the UC President's Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute. She is past president of the American Philosophical Association and the Society for Philosophy and Psychology.
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