The Minds of the Moderns: Rationalism, Empiricism, and Philosophy of Mind

Janice Thomas

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2009

The Minds of the Moderns

Rationalism, Empiricism, and Philosophy of Mind

Janice Thomas

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773594708

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Janice Thomas is a fellow of Heythrop College, University of London, where she was formerly head of the Department of Philosophy.Janice Thomas is a fellow of Heythrop College, University of London, where she was formerly head of the Department of Philosophy.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Does Descartes think minds are substances? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Descartes on self-knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Human consciousness and the rational soul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Mental causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Mental representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Is the mind a substance for Spinoza? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Spinoza and self-knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
The subject of thought and consciousness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Spinoza and mental causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Spinoza on representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Is the mind a substance for Leibniz? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Self-knowledge and the monads Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Leibniz on consciousness and unconscious perceptions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Leibniz and the problem of mental causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Leibniz and representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Is the mind a substance for Locke? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Locke's views on self-knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Locke on consciousness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Locke on mental causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Locke on representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Minds are the only substances Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
What do we know about our own minds or selves? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
is the nature of consciousness for Berkeley? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Berkeley's problem of mental causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
What is Berkeley's theory of mental representation and intentionality? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Is the mind a substance for Hume? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
Hume and self-knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Hume's notion of consciousness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Hume on mental causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Hume on representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

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Published: January 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780773594708