Body and Mind: Second Edition

Widely used in philosophy courses, this succinct study explores the problem of determining the relation between the body and mind. In that philosophy seeks to elucidate mans place and action in nature, Campbell asserts that our assessment of the bodymind problem affects our perspectives on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the natural sciences.After discussing how the bodymind problem developed, Campbell sets forth four incompatible propositions that serve as the framework for evaluating different philosophical approaches to the problem. Among competing perspectives, he examines dualism, behaviorist theories, the causal theory of mind, and centralstate epiphenomenalism. This second edition includes a chapter on functionalism and an expanded bibliography.