Armstrong's Materialist Theory of Mind [Hardcover]

Armstrong'sMaterialist Theory of Mindis one of a handful of texts that began the physicalist revolution in the philosophy of mind. In this collection, distinguished philosophers examine what we still owe to it, how to expand it, as well as looking back on how it came about.A Materialist Theory of Mind(1968) by David Armstrong is one of a handful of texts that began the physicalist revolution in the philosophy of mind. It is perhaps the most influential book in the field of the second half of the twentieth century. In this volume a distinguished international team of philosophers examine what we still owe to Armstrong's theory, and how to expand it, as well as looking back on how it came about. The first four chapters are historical in orientation, exploring how the book fits into the history of materialism in the twentieth century. The chapters that follow discuss perception, belief, the supposed explanatory gap between the physical and the mental, introspection, conation, causality, and functionalism.Introduction,Peter R. Anstey and David Braddon-Mitchell1. A Materialist Theory of the Mind in Context,Peter R. Anstey and David Braddon-Mitchell2. Lewis and the Identity Theory,D. M. Armstrong3. The Two Davids and Australian Materialism,A. R. J. Fisher4. Causation, Perception, and Dispositions: Towards A Materialist Theory of the Mind,Sharon Ford5. Materialism, Then and Now,Peter Godfrey-Smith6. Armstrong and Perception,David Rosenthal7. Does A Materialist Theory of the Mind give us a Reply to the Knowledge Argument?,Frank Jackson8. Closing (or at Least Narrowing) the Explanatory Gap,Katalin Farkas9. Introspection and Distinctness: Armstrong and Shoemaker on Introspection,Ryan Cox10. Armstrong's Just-so Story about Consciousness,Daniel Stoljar11. Armstrong on Conation,William G. Lycan12. Causal Conditionalism,David Braddon-Mitchell13. Alód