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The History of the Philosophy of Mind


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The History of the Philosophy of Mind is a major six-volume reference collection, covering the key topics, thinkers and debates within philosophy of mind, from Antiquity to the present day. Each volume is edited by a leading scholar in the field and comprises chapters written by an international team of specially commissioned contributors.

Including a general introduction by Rebecca Copenhaver and Christopher Shields, and fully cross-referenced within and across the six volumes, The History of the Philosophy of Mind is an essential resource for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, and will also be of interest to those in many related disciplines, including Classics, Religion, Literature, History of Psychology, and Cognitive Science.

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Philosophy of Mind in Antiquity The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 1

Philosophy of Mind in Antiquity: The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 1

1st Edition

Edited By John Sisko
June 27, 2018

Spanning 1200 years of intellectual history – from the 6th century BCE emergence of philosophical enquiry in the Greek city-state of Miletus, to the 6th century CE closure of the Academy in Athens in 529 – Philosophy of Mind in Antiquity provides an outstanding survey of philosophy of ...

Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 4

Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages: The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 4

1st Edition

Edited By Rebecca Copenhaver
June 27, 2018

The early modern period is arguably the most pivotal of all in the study of the mind, teeming with a variety of conceptions of mind. Some of these posed serious questions for assumptions about the nature of the mind, many of which still depended on notions of the soul and God. It is an era that ...

Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 2

Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages: The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 2

1st Edition

Edited By Margaret Cameron
June 27, 2018

Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages provides an outstanding overview to a tumultuous 900-year period of discovery, innovation, and intellectual controversy that began with the Roman senator Boethius (c480-524) and concluded with the Franciscan theologian and philosopher John Duns ...

Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 3

Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance: The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 3

1st Edition

Edited By Stephan Schmid
June 27, 2018

Characterized by many historically significant events, such as the invention of the printing press, the discovery of the New World, and the Protestant Reformation, the years between 1300 and 1600 are a remarkably rich source of ideas about the mind. They witnessed a resurgence of Aristotelianism ...

Philosophy of Mind in the Nineteenth Century The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 5

Philosophy of Mind in the Nineteenth Century: The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 5

1st Edition

Edited By Sandra Lapointe
June 27, 2018

Between the publication of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 and Husserl’s Ideas in 1913, the nineteenth century was a pivotal period in the philosophy of mind, witnessing the emergence of the phenomenological and analytical traditions that continue to shape philosophical debate in ...

Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 6

Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 6

1st Edition

Edited By Amy Kind
June 27, 2018

While the philosophical study of mind has always required philosophers to attend to the scientific developments of their day, from the twentieth century onwards it has been especially influenced and informed by psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and...

The History of the Philosophy of Mind Six volume set

The History of the Philosophy of Mind: Six volume set

1st Edition

Edited By Rebecca Copenhaver, Christopher Shields
June 27, 2018

The History of the Philosophy of Mind is a major six-volume reference collection, covering the key topics, thinkers and debates within philosophy of mind, from Antiquity to the present day. Each volume is edited by a leading scholar in the field and comprises chapters written by an international ...

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