Mind, Brain, Behavior: The Mind-body Problem and the Philosophy of Psychology |
Contents
Preface vii | 1 |
The Philosophical and the Scientific Career of the MindBody | 9 |
What is MindBody Identity? Reconstruction of the Identity | 35 |
The Contingent Nature of MindBody Identity | 81 |
The Self as Pilot | 114 |
Psychophysical Dualism | 142 |
Psychology and Consciousness | 180 |
Epistemic Limitations of the MindBody Relation | 251 |
The MindBody Relation and Human SelfUnderstanding | 271 |
Conclusion | 283 |
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