Sobre o livro:
"A filosofia da mente questiona o que realmente é a mente e a natureza de seu relacionamento com o corpo - um dos pontos cruciais dentro da filosofia ocidental. Este livro ilustra a importância do conceito mente na definição do que significa ser humano, unificando a discussão e a análise de tópicos específicos.
Uma vez delineada grande parte das explicações da natureza da mente na filosofia ocidental, examina conceitos importantes como subjetividade, intencionalidade e comportamento. Também explora até onde o conceito mente pode ser estendido a animais e máquinas, como computadores e robôs".
Sobre o autor:
"Professor Eric Matthews is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and is currently an Honorary Research Professor of Medical and Psychiatric Ethics. He studied both as an undergraduate and a postgraduate at Oxford, but his career has been spent mainly in Aberdeen, apart from two visiting appointments at universities in the United States.
Eric Matthews’ main research interests lie in two areas: the philosophy and ethics of medicine, especially psychiatry; and twentieth century French philosophy. He is an internationally recognized figure in the rapidly expanding field of the philosophy of psychiatry, in which he continues to publish and to speak at international conferences. In the last few years, he has given invited papers at conferences in Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, South Africa, U.S.A., New Zealand, and the UK, and has been a keynote speaker at a workshop organised by the Wellcome Trust on the ethics of psychiatry. He is a member of the National Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Special Interest Group, and of the Steering Committee for the International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry".
Mais informações:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/philosophy/profiles/e.matthews
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