SupervenienceandMind:SelectedPhilosophicalEssays(CambridgeStudiesinPhilosophy)

JaegwonKimisoneofthemostpre-eminentandmostinfluentialcontributorstothephilosophyofmindandmetaphysics.Thiscollectionofessayspresentsthecoreofhisworkonsupervenienceandmindwithtwosetsofpostscriptsespeciallywrittenforthebook.Theessaysfocusonsuchissuesasthenatureofcausationandevents,whatdependencyrelationsotherthancausalrelationsconnectfactsandevents,theanalysisofsupervenience,andthemind-bodyproblem.Acentralprobleminthephilosophyofmindistheproblemofexplaininghowthemindcancausallyinfluencebodilyprocesses.ProfessorKimexploresthisproblemindetail,criticisesthenonreductionistsolutionofit,andoffersamodifiedreductionistsolutionofhisown.Bothprofessionalphilosophersandtheirgraduatestudentswillfindthisaninvaluablecollection.