This volume investigates the neglected topic of mental action, and shows its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. Twelve specially written essays address such questions as the following: Which phenomena should we count as mental actions -- imagining, remembering, judging, for instance? How should we explain our knowledge of our mental actions, and what light does that throw on self-knowledge in general? What contributions do mental actions make toour consciousness? What is the relationship between the voluntary and the active, in the mental sphere? What are the similarities and differences between mental and physical action, and what can we learn about each from the other?
- ISBN10 0191570087
- ISBN13 9780191570087
- Publish Date December 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 297
- Language English