Explaining the mental

Naturalist and non-naturalist approaches to mental acts and processes

Edited by
Michael Beaney, Carlo Penco, Massimiliano Vignolo

Cambridge Scholars Press

2007

Abstract

The aim of this collection of papers is to present different philosophical perspectives on the mental, exploring questions about how to define, explain and understand the various kinds of mental acts and processes, and exhibiting, in particular, the contrast between naturalistic and non-naturalistic approaches.