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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

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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.

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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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