Thoughts: Papers on Mind, Meaning, and Modality

by Stephen Yablo

Overview

Thoughts is a collection of twelve essays by Stephen Yablo which together constitute a modern-day examination of Cartesian themes in the metaphysics of mind. Yablo offers penetrating discussions of such topics as the relation between the mental and the physical, mental causation, the possibility of disembodied existence, the relation between conceivability and possibility, varieties of necessity, and issues in the theory of content arising out of the foregoing. The collection represents almost all of Yablo's work on these topics, and features one previously unpublished piece.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199266463
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/01/2009
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Stephen Yablo is Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgements1. The Real Distinction Between Mind and Body2. Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility? 3. Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility? 4. Textbook Kripkeanism and the Open Texture of Concepts5. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda6. No Fool's Cold: Notes on Illusions of Possibility7. Beyond Rigidification: The Importance of Being Really Actual8. How in the World? 9. Mental Causation10. Singling Out Properties11. Wide Causation12. Causal RelevanceIndex

Editorial Reviews

"This book collects together eleven rich and rewarding articles by Stephen Yablo."—Stephan Leuenberger, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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