Overview
Challenges the consensus that moral questions are separate to the study of the mind
With 12 diverse chapters drawing inspiration from a wide variety of traditions including Wittgenstein, Freud, Lacan, phenomenology and analytic philosophy
Presents a sustained and forceful critique of the central tenets of reductive, scientifically-minded naturalism
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Questioning Philosophy of Mind
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Ethical Critiques of Reductive Naturalism
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The Second Person and the Hidden Moral Dynamics of Philosophy
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About this book
This volume brings together a collection of essays that explore in a new way how unacknowledged moral concerns are integral to debates in the philosophy of mind.The radical suggestion of the book is that we can make sense of the internal dynamics and cultural significance of these debates only when we understand the moral forces that shape them.
Drawing inspiration from a variety of traditions including Wittgenstein, Lacan, phenomenology and analytic philosophy, the authors address a wide range of topics including the mind/body-problem, the problem of other minds, subjectivity and objectivity, the debates on mindreading, naturalism, reductive physicalism, representationalism and the ‘E-turn’; Dennett’s heterophenomenology, McDowell’s neo-Kantianism, Wittgenstein’s ‘private language’ considerations and his notion of an ‘attitude towards a soul’; repression, love, conscience, the difficulties of self-understanding, and the methods and aims of philosophy.
Through a combination of detailed, immanent criticism and bold constructive work, the authors move the discussion to a new level, beyond humanistic or conservative critiques of naturalism and scientism.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Joel Backström is a lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland and has published articles on moral philosophy, Wittgenstein and the philosophical significance of Freud.
Hannes Nykänen is a lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland and has published articles on conscience, repression, collectivity and the ethical centrality of the I-you perspective.
Niklas Toivakainen is a researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland and has published articles on moral philosophy, Wittgenstein, and on the philosophy of technology.Thomas Wallgren is Director of The Von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Moral Foundations of Philosophy of Mind
Editors: Joel Backström, Hannes Nykänen, Niklas Toivakainen, Thomas Wallgren
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18492-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18491-9Published: 20 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18494-0Published: 20 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18492-6Published: 05 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 395
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Moral Philosophy