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Preface
is
assuredly
nomore
effectual
method
of clearing
up
one
'
s ownmindon
anysubled
than
by talking
it
ove, soto
spea
, with
[
person
] of
real
power
and
grasp
who haveconsidered
There
it
from
a
totally different
point
of
view. The
paral1
.r
of
time
helps
us to the true
position
of
a
conception
,
asthe
paral1
.r
of spacehelps
usto that
of
a star.
T. H.
Huxley
We assembledthis volume with several
goals
in mind. First
,
we wanted to
provide
a
pedagogical
tool for those
teaching
the
philosophy
of mind to
upper
level
undergraduates
. We have each
taught
coursesin the
philosophy
of mind
,
and we have eachbeen
frustrated
by
the lack of an
introductory
reader that contains
historically
relevant
materia. Thereareseveralexcellentcollectionsof recent
writings
in the
philosophy
of
mind
,
but we
thought
it was
important
for studentsto seehow certain
problems
have
survived
through
the centuries. Our solution was to
pull together
the historical and
contemporary
work and
organize
the material
by topics
. Eachsectionof the volume is
dedicatedto a
single
area and
progress
es Horn the relevant historical work
(
by
,
for
example
,
Descarte
)
to more
contemporarywritings
(
by
,
for
example
,
Fodor
)
.
Our second
goal
was not
pedagogical
so much as
ideological
. Some
philosophers
havecontended
privately
that
the
philosophy
of mind is an
irreducibly trendy
branchof
philosophy
. We
disagreed
with this assessment
andwantedthis collectionto show how
many
of
the current
concerns
in
the
philosophy
of mind have their roots in intellectual
history
.
Finally
,
we wanted
to
provide
a
helpful
resourcemanualfor those
working
in
the
philosophy
of mind and the
cognitive
science. Few
people
will have
all
of these
readings
,
and
thosewho do will not have
all
of them
at
their
fingertips
. Of coursewe
also
hoped
that
by
making
someof the historicalselectionsmoreaccessibl
,
they
would
becomemore
widely
readand
appreciate
. As the
quote
Horn
Huxley
suggest
,
thereis
muchto be learnedHorn
dialogue
with thesethinkers.
It is
customary
to note that
many
excellent
essays
had to be left out due to
space
limitations. Sometimesthis disclaimeris made
merely
to be
polite
,
but not in this case.
The
writings
in
philosophy
and
psychology
over the last 2500
years
have beenvast
,
and thereis
simply
no
way
to includeall of the
worthy
materia. One canalsoenvision
additional sectionsthat
might
be addedto a collection of this nature. Candidate
topics
(
which we have considere
)
include
qualia
,
psychological
content
,
and so forth. To
someextent
,
all these
topics
aretreated
along
the
way
,
but we will be the first to admit
that more extensivediscussionof these
topics
is
possible
.
We have
provided
a brief introduction to eachsection. We
prefer
that the introductory
material be viewed as
articulating
one
interpretation
of these works and their
interrelationship
,
not as
articulating
somecanonicalview. The introductions shouldbe
read
critically
, asshouldall texts.
xii
Pre Eace
This collection was
compiled
with the
help
of a number of individuals. Ned
Block
Stephen
Neale
,
and
Robert van Gulick readour initial
proposal
and madea numberol
very
helpful suggestions
for
improvements
.
( Ned
and
Stephen
also
provided
invaluable
assistancewith various
aspects
of
preparatio
,
ranging
horn
help
in
securingpermissions
to adviceon sectionintroductions
)
. We have alsobene6ted
horn discussionwith
and
suggestions
horn Marcos Bistica
-
Cocoves
,
Nancy
Frankli,
Steve Fuller
,
Kathy
Kemp
,
Peter
Nagy
,
and Anderson Weekes. We also wish to thank
Betty
Stanton ol
Bradford
Booksfor
shepherding
us
through
this
proces
.
Finally
, we welcomecommentsandaitidsms horn reader
,
espeaally
student. Please
write!
Brian
Beakley
Dept
of
Philosophy
EasternIllinois
University
Charles to
~
IL 61920
email: dbxb
@
ux1.eiu.edu
PeterLudlow
'
Dept
. of
Philosophy
SUNY
Stony
Brook
Stony
Brook
NY 11794
emai: PLUDLOW
@
ccvm.
sunys
.edu
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