@article{1386399, note = {"A Bradford book."}, author = {Kim, Jaegwon.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386399}, title = {Mind in a physical world : an essay on the mind-body problem and mental causation /}, publisher = {MIT Press,}, abstract = {"This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind - in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated"--Publisher.}, recid = {1386399}, pages = {1 online resource (viii, 146 pages).}, address = {Cambridge, Mass. :}, year = {1998}, }