philosophy of mind

Noun

Meaning

(philosophy, uncountable) The area of philosophy which studies the nature and functions of the mind, thought, and consciousness, with attention to such topics as perception, reasoning, belief, memory, will, and identity.

(philosophy, countable) The views of a particular philosopher or philosophical movement concerning the matters studied within this area of philosophy.

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Examples

Seeing our common-sense conceptual framework for mental phenomena as a theory brings a simple and unifying organization to most of the major topics in the philosophy of mind. Paul Churchland

An opportunity for cybernetics to change the course of the philosophy of mind was missed when intentionality was misinterpreted as "the providing of coded knowledge". Igor Aleksander

Ontology 122/129 Special Metaphysics 13 Philosophy of mind and spirit. Source: Internet

Philosophy of mind, by contrast, has been a well-established discipline since before psychology was a field of study at all. Source: Internet

Philosophy of mind The philosophy of mind has given rise to many stances regarding consciousness. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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