The Philosophical Journey, 2/e

William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ultimate Reality

Overview: The Mind-Body Problem

Topical Links

René Descartes
René Descartes (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/descarte.htm) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



René Descartes Life and Works (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-works/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



René Descartes (http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/descartes.htm) Discussion from Faithnet



History of Philosophy Descartes (http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Weber%20-%20History/Descartes.htm) Discussion of Descartes' life and thought by Alfred Weber (University of Strasburg)



René Descartes : Life and Works (http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/desc.htm) Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling



Lecture Notes: Desscartes (http://hume.ucdavis.edu/phi022/desclec.HTM) Lecture notes on Descartes' epistemology and metaphysics from a course in 17th c philosophy by G. J. Mattey (UC Davis)



René Descartes and the Meditations on First Philosophy (http://www.friesian.com/hist-2.htm#descartes) Detailed discussion of Descartes' Meditations by Kelley Ross (Friesian School Proceedings)



Descartes Links (http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Desc) EpistemeLink link collection For more information on Descartes' epistemology see the links for Chapter 2.1.

Philosophy of mind
Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/index.html) Dictionary of Philosophy of MindHelpful online dictionary providing brief definitions followed by often detailed discussions of numerous topics in the philosophy of mind; edited by Chris Eliasmith (Washington University in St. Louis).



MITECS: MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Front/introduction.html) MITECSSearchable collection of helpful short entries and links; additional material available by subscription.



The University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies (http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/) Center for Consciousness StudiesUseful site with overview of the problem of consciousness, online courses, links to online papers, etc.



Online Papers on Consciousness (http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/online.html) Online Papers on Consciousness Listing of online philosophy of mind articles categorized by David Chalmers (University of Arizona).



Thymos: Studies on Consciousness, Mind, and Life (http://www.thymos.com/) ThymosUseful page of information about consciousness put together by Piero Scaruffi; includes online version of Scaruffi's book, Thinking about Thought.



Philosophy of mind (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/philosophyofmind.html) Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind definition and brief discussion

The Mind-body problem (overviews)
Mind-body problem (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/mindbody.html) Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition and brief discussion



Mind-body problem (http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/crane2.html) MITECS entry and suggested additional links



Whis is the mind-body problem (http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/mind.htm) Discussion by Mike Huemer (University of Colorado)



Mind and Body (http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/mindandbody.htm) Discussion from Faithnet

The Mind-body problem (more detailed treatment)
Mind and Body Problems (http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/mindandbodyproblems.htm) Discussion from Faithnet



The mind-body problem (http://www.human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/pap102h.html) Article by Robert M. Young from the Companion to the History of Science, 1990



Soul (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14153a.htm) Catholic Encyclopedia article



Monism, Dualism, Pluralism (http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/~tgelder/papers/MDP.html) Article by Tim van Gelder (University of Melbourne) from Mind and Language, 1998; argues that there are serious difficulties with assumptions common to various approaches to the mind-body problem



Liberal Naturalism (http://www.ai.uga.edu/~ghrosenb/revision/chptr1.htm) Discussion by Gideon Rosen (Princeton University) supporting a dual aspect approach to the mind-body problem that seeks to do justice to insights of both dualists and physicalists

Consciousness and qualia
Consciousness (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/consciousness.html) Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind definition



Consciousness (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04274a.htm) Catholic Encyclopedia article



Consciousness (http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~jsearle/html/consciousness.html) Article by John Searle (UC Berkeley)



Qualia (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/qualia.html) Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition and brief discussion



Qualia (http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/q.htm#qualia) Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling



Qualia (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qualia/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article

Epiphenomenalism
Epiphenomenalism (http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/e5.htm#epiph) Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling



Epiphenomenalism (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epiphenomenalism/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article

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