The metaphysics of mind

New York: Oxford University Press (1989)
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Abstract

What is mind? This book attempts to give a philosophical answer to that question in language accessible to the layperson, but with a rigor acceptable to the specialist. Published on the centenary of the birth of Wittgenstein and the 40th anniversary of the publication of Gilbert Ryle 's classic The Concept of Mind, this work testifies to the influence of those thinkers on Kenny's own work in the philosophy of mind, and assembles Kenny's ideas on philosophical psychology into a systematic whole

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Descartes' Myth

This chapter regards the inheritance of Descartes as being the single most substantial obstacle to a correct philosophical understanding of the nature of the human mind. The heredity of Descartes prevents cognitive scientists and experts in artificial intelligence from really understanding... see more

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