Abstract Bain was a materialist in some sense, rejecting substance dualism and providing neurological explanations for many psychological phenomena. But he denied the mind location or extension in space. This chapter critically explores Bain’s metaphysics and epistemology of mind and the arguments that kept him from identifying each mind with the brain or nervous system of an animal. Bain’s...
Abstract Alexander Bain (1818–1903) was once Britain’s greatest philosopher of mind. Author of The Senses and the Intellect (1855) and The Emotions and the Will (1859), Bain articulated a comprehensive theory of the human mind, integrating cognitive, developmental, and evolutionary psychology with neuroscience and philosophy. Mill utilized Bain’s theory of moral judgment to defend...