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Jaegwon Kim received his PhD from Princeton University in 1962 and has taught at Swarthmore College, the University of Michigan, Cornell University, and University of Notre Dame. He is presently William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy at Brown University.

Jaegwon Kim received his PhD from Princeton University in 1962 and has taught at Swarthmore College, the University of Michigan, Cornell University, and University of Notre Dame. Kim is past President of the American Philosophical Association and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Jaegwon Kim presents a selection of his essays from the last two decades. For those interested in philosophy of mind, I strongly recommend this book

Jaegwon Kim presents a selection of his essays from the last two decades. For those interested in philosophy of mind, I strongly recommend this book. Kim provides what seems to me to be one of the most effective characterizations of epiphenomenalism and causal efficacy I have come across. The major problem with Kim is that he often does not speak for himself, but speaks through the views of others.

Essays used in the monographs, Mind in a Physical World and Physicalism, Or Something Near Enough, have been excluded. The book begins with four essays on emergence and related issues; in one way or another, each of these essays raises difficulties for the idea of emergence. In particular, the last essay casts serious doubt on the intelligibility of the very idea of ontological emergence (distinguished from epistemological emergence). These essays are followed by two essays on explanation of action.

Download books for free. Epub FB2 mobi txt RTF. Converted file can differ from the original. If possible, download the file in its original format. Books related to Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind. Among other topics covered are emergence and emergentism, the nature of explanation and of theories of explanation, reduction and reductive explanation, mental causation and explanatory exclusion. Mind and Cosmos:Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False.

Jaegwon Kim. Jaegwon Kim presents a selection of his essays from the last two decades.

It also indicates the lived story that is at the centre of each human consciousness. In the third part of this essay, three arguments are used to undermine metaphysical objections to the very idea of top-down self control.

The volume will be compelling reading for anyone interested in philosophical work on mind, action, and science.