The unity of the mind

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Author

D. H. M. Brooks

Publication

1994 - St. Martin's Press, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

43,500 words, Guess

Page Count

174 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL1426423M
ISBN-100333604970
OCLC Control Number502511591
OCLC Control Number29030583
Library of Congress Control Number93037499

Classifications

DDC128/.2
LCCBD418.3 .B76 1994

Description

How can we distinguish one mind from another? How are we to determine what unifies the mind? Given radical mental disunity, these questions need to be answered. Commissurotomy or split-brain patients may have two minds in one brain. Mind and consciousness may also split in self-deception and multiple-personality disorder. The author investigates these strange phenomena and considers the theories of classical philosophers like Hume and Kant in the light of current philosophical thinking. Mind, consciousness and self are distinguished, and in working out criteria for the unity of the mind and explaining synchronic personal identity he puts forward a distinctive philosophy of mind. Real-life cases are considered as well as thought experiments. All these are subject to the realistic constraint that they could occur in a world where everything is supervenient upon some laws of nature

Subjects

Topics

Self (Philosophy)Philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind.Identity (Psychology)Identity (Philosophical concept)

Series Statement

Studies in contemporary philosophy

Other Editions

The unity of the mindSt. Martin's Press1994

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