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008 130404s2013 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2013004140
020 $a9781107037878 (hardback)
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050 00 $aBD331$b.F87 2013
082 00 $a147/.4$223
084 $aPHI004000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFumerton, Richard A.,$d1949-
245 10 $aKnowledge, thought, and the case for dualism /$cRichard Fumerton, University of Iowa.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $axv, 283 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCambridge studies in philosophy
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index.
520 $a"The relationship between mind and matter, mental states and physical states, has occupied the attention of philosophers for thousands of years. Richard Fumerton's primary concern is the knowledge argument for dualism - an argument that proceeds from the idea that we can know truths about our existence and our mental states without knowing any truths about the physical world. This view has come under relentless criticism, but here Fumerton makes a powerful case for its rehabilitation, demonstrating clearly the importance of its interconnections with a wide range of other controversies within philosophy. Fumerton analyzes philosophical views about the nature of thought and the relation of those views to arguments for dualism, and investigates the connection between a traditional form of foundationalism about knowledge, and a foundationalist view about thought that underlies traditional arguments for dualism. His book will be of great interest to those studying epistemology and the philosophy of mind"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"The relationship between mind and matter, mental states and physical states, has occupied the attention and imagination of the intellectually curious for thousands of years. In most cultures many people are officially committed to religious views that allow for the possibility of our surviving the total annihilation of our bodies. "--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Setting the stage; 2. Distinctions - versions of physicalism and dualism; 3. Ontological priorities - taking phenomenology seriously; 4. Knowledge arguments revisited; 5. Indirect thought and informative identity; 6. An ontologically liberating skepticism - the last hope for physicalism; 7. Objections and replies; 8. The ubiquitous self - a brief postscript.
650 0 $aDualism.
650 0 $aMaterialism.
650 0 $aMind and body.
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / Epistemology.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/37878/cover/9781107037878.jpg