The Minds of the Moderns : Rationalism, Empiricism and Philosophy of Mind (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Descartes 1. Does Descartes think minds are substances? 2. Descartes on Self-knowledge 3. Human consciousness and the rational soul 4. Mental causation 5. Mental representation Part II Spinoza 6. Is the mind a substance for Spinoza? 7. Spinoza and Self-knowledge 8. The Subject of Thought and Consciousness 9. Spinoza and mental causation 10. Spinoza and representation Part III Leibniz 11. Is the mind a substance for Leibniz? 12. Self-knowledge and the monads 13. Leibniz on Consciousness and Unconscious Perceptions 14. Leibniz and the problem of mental causation 15. Leibniz and representation Part IV Locke 16. Is the mind a substance for Locke? 17. Locke's views on self-knowledge 18. Locke on consciousness 19. Locke on mental causation 20. Locke on representation Part V Berkeley 21. Minds are the only substances 22. What do we know about our own minds or selves? 23. What is the nature of consciousness for Berkeley? 24. Berkeley's Problem of Mental Causation 25. What is Berkeley's theory of mental representation and intentionality? Part VI Hume 26. Is the mind a substance for Hume? 27. Hume and Self-knowledge 28. Hume's notion of consciousness 29. Hume on mental causation 30. Hume on representation Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index