Mental Causation and Ontology

Mental Causation and Ontology
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780199603770
ISBN-13 : 0199603774
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Book Synopsis Mental Causation and Ontology by : S. C. Gibb

Download or read book Mental Causation and Ontology written by S. C. Gibb and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the importance of ontology for a central debate in philosophy of mind. Mental causation seems an obvious aspect of the world. But it is hard to understand how it can happen unless we get clear about what the entities involved in the process are. An international team of contributors presents new work on this problem.


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