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Philosophy Metaphysics

Naturalism, Evolution and Intentionality

edited by Jillian Scott McIntosh

Publisher
University of Calgary Press, Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Initial publish date
Nov 2002
Category
Metaphysics
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919491274
    Publish Date
    Nov 2002
    List Price
    $22.00

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What might we know if we knew that the mind is an adaptation? What could knowledge of history or circumstances tell us about the individuation of content or the nature/rôle of vision? What can science-evolutionary theory in particular-tell us about the metaphysics of mind?This collection of new essays concerning the mind explores the prospects for, and limits of, appealing to facts about evolutionary history and current environment-organism interaction in explaining the nature and workings of the mental. Each paper addresses empirical data from evolutionary theory, ethology, psychology, or neuroscience, though they vary with regard to their optimism as to what such discoveries can tell us about particular issues in the philosophy of mind.

About the author

Jillian Scott McIntosh earned her PhD in philosophy from the University of British Columbia, and is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. Her areas of specialization are philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and philosophy of science.

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