| Author: | Eric Marcus | ISBN: | 9780674068742 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | May 7, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eric Marcus |
| ISBN: | 9780674068742 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | May 7, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Contemporary philosophers of mind tend to explain rationality by viewing the mind as a kind of machine—the only alternative, it has seemed, to a ghostly supernatural explanation. Marcus rejects this choice as false and defends a third way—via rational causation, which draws on the theoretical and practical inferential abilities of human beings.
Contemporary philosophers of mind tend to explain rationality by viewing the mind as a kind of machine—the only alternative, it has seemed, to a ghostly supernatural explanation. Marcus rejects this choice as false and defends a third way—via rational causation, which draws on the theoretical and practical inferential abilities of human beings.
