Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today. Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issues in the philosophy of mind Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essays take opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background to the issues explored Organized into three sections which explore the ontology of the mental, nature of the mental content, and the nature of consciousness

Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today.* Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issues in the philosophy of mind* Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essays take opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates* A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background to the issues explored* Organized into three sections which explore the ontology of the mental, nature of the mental content, and the nature of consciousness

Notes on Contributors ixIntroduction Jonathan Cohen xiiPart I Mental Content 1Is There a Viable Notion of Narrow Mental Content? 31 Cognitive Content and Propositional Attitude Attributions Gabriel Segal 52 There Is No Viable Notion of Narrow Content Sarah Sawyer 20Is Externalism about Mental Content Compatible with Privileged Access? 353 Externalism and Privileged Access Are Consistent Anthony Brueckner 374 Externalism and Privileged Access Are Inconsistent Michael McKinsey 53Is the Intentional Essentially Normative? 675 Resisting Normativism in Psychology Georges Rey 696 Normativism Defended Ralph Wedgwood 85Is There Non-Conceptual Content? 1037 The Revenge of the Given Jerry Fodor 1058 Are There Different Kinds of Content? Richard G. Heck Jr 117Part II Physicalism 139Is Non-Reductive Materialism Viable? 1419 Everybody Has Got It: A Defense of Non-Reductive Materialism Louise Antony 14310 The Evolving Fortunes of Eliminative Materialism Paul M. Churchland 160Should Physicalists Be A Priori Physicalists? 18311 A Priori Physicalism Frank Jackson 18512 On the Limits of A Priori Physicalism Brian P. McLaughlin 200Is There an Unresolved Problem of Mental Causation? 22513 Causation and Mental Causation Jaegwon Kim 22714 Mental Causation, or Something Near Enough Barry Loewer 243Part III The Place Of Consciousness In Nature 265Is Consciousness Ontologically Emergent from the Physical? 26715 Dualist Emergentism Martine Nida-Rümelin 26916 Against Ontologically Emergent Consciousness David Braddon-Mitchell 287Are Phenomenal Characters and Intentional Contents of Experiences Identical? 30117 New Troubles for the Qualia Freak Michael Tye 30318 A Case for Qualia Sydney Shoemaker 319Is Awareness of Our Mental Acts a Kind of Perceptual Consciousness? 33319 All Consciousness Is Perceptual Jesse Prinz 33520 Mental Action and Self-Awareness (I) Christopher Peacocke 358Index 377