- Hardcover: 228 pages
- Publisher: OUP USA (8 April 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195161378
- ISBN-13: 978-0195161373
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.6 x 2.3 cm
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"These selected papers of the late U.T. Place contain much of interest...The book should remove the impression that some may have that Place only write one philosophical paper of any importance. There is plenty of interesting material." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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This is the one and only book by the pioneer of the identity theory of mind. The collection focuses on Place's philosophy of mind and his contributions to neighboring issues in metaphysics and epistemology. It includes an autobiographical essay as well as a recent paper on the function and neural location of consciousness.
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Essential papers on consciousness, mind, and behavior.
11 Nov 2004
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Identifying the Mind is the first posthumous collection of papers by one of the currently lesser known, but central figures in 20th century philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of psychology, Ullin (U.T.) Place. Place studied at Oxford under the well-known Ordinary Language philosophers, Ryle, Austin, and Grice, and also under the Logical Positivist (Vienna Circle) member, Waismann.
Place formulated the Identity Theory of Mind in his widely-read paper, Is Consciousness a Brain Process?, in 1956. This was the first closely-argued scientific and philosophical theory linking mind and brain, though the general idea had been circulating in looser forms for some time. This theory was developed with and introduced to philosophical readers by Place's Australian colleague, J.J.C. Smart, and helped define the contemporary field.
Place trained and worked both as a clinical psychologist and as a philosopher. Place was better known in Europe, where he conferenced tirelessly and was remarkably friendly and accessible to students and colleagues from various disciplines. His identification as a psychologist, his publishing in psychological journals, and his identity as a behaviorist (of sorts) when the term fell out of favor in psychology and philosophy, each contributed to his lower profile in mainstream American-Anglo philosophy of mind, which was in principle the ideal audience for his work. In addition to seminal articles on the materialist philosophy of mind, Place also wrote major papers on first-person authority, qualia, blindsight, the psychology of B.F. Skinner, dispositional accounts of the mental, and the concept of truth; many of these papers were uniquely informed by empirical research and Place's roots in psychology.
This collection is well organized and gives a good representation of Place's major papers, which form essential links in the development of modern philosophy of mind. All students of psychology and philosophy should make room for Place between Descartes and Dennett. The editors give a nice introduction to Place's work and life. It is notable that Place's biography and generous personality are referred to more than once, and an autobiographical essay included in the volume. Those not fortunate to have known the man may now more easily become acquainted with his major writings.
Place formulated the Identity Theory of Mind in his widely-read paper, Is Consciousness a Brain Process?, in 1956. This was the first closely-argued scientific and philosophical theory linking mind and brain, though the general idea had been circulating in looser forms for some time. This theory was developed with and introduced to philosophical readers by Place's Australian colleague, J.J.C. Smart, and helped define the contemporary field.
Place trained and worked both as a clinical psychologist and as a philosopher. Place was better known in Europe, where he conferenced tirelessly and was remarkably friendly and accessible to students and colleagues from various disciplines. His identification as a psychologist, his publishing in psychological journals, and his identity as a behaviorist (of sorts) when the term fell out of favor in psychology and philosophy, each contributed to his lower profile in mainstream American-Anglo philosophy of mind, which was in principle the ideal audience for his work. In addition to seminal articles on the materialist philosophy of mind, Place also wrote major papers on first-person authority, qualia, blindsight, the psychology of B.F. Skinner, dispositional accounts of the mental, and the concept of truth; many of these papers were uniquely informed by empirical research and Place's roots in psychology.
This collection is well organized and gives a good representation of Place's major papers, which form essential links in the development of modern philosophy of mind. All students of psychology and philosophy should make room for Place between Descartes and Dennett. The editors give a nice introduction to Place's work and life. It is notable that Place's biography and generous personality are referred to more than once, and an autobiographical essay included in the volume. Those not fortunate to have known the man may now more easily become acquainted with his major writings.
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