A Return to Form in the Philosophy of Mind

Author: Haldane, John

Source: Ratio, Volume 11, Number 3, December 1998 , pp. 253-277(25)

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Abstract:

In recent decades philosophy of mind has undergone a number of important transformations. In the first part of this essay I review a survey of the subject provided by Daniel Dennett some twenty years ago and consider the current state of affairs. Notwithstanding the rise of physicalist causal theories, the field now displays a degree of diversity that suggests disarray. In the second part of the essay I examine three central issues: the nature of persons, of thought, and of action, and present a series of hylomorphic accounts of each.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9329.00070

Affiliations: 1: Department of Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK jjhl@st-andrews.ac.uk

Publication date: 1998-12-01