Contemporary Philosophy of Mind by Georges Rey - 9780631190691

Contemporary Philosophy of MindA Contentiously Classical Approach\nAuthor(s): Georges Rey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631190691, 978-0631190691\nSynopsis\nThis volume is an introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the author focuses on the controversial \""eliminativist\"" and \""instrumentalist\"" attacks - from philosophers such as of Quine, Dennett, and the Churchlands - on our ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, Rey offers an explication and defense of \""mental realism\"", and shows how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of our ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes, and desires.