3 papers in the library · publishing 2026
October 19, 2026 Joe Gough
Abstract This chapter considers a range of topics relevant to developing a positive view of human beings: the role of metaphors in our self-understanding, the bodymind, the nature of the self, the significance of our social relationships, Charles Taylor’s theory of the internalization of the self, autonomy, sex and gender, and consciousness. It argues for views on each of these topics,...
October 19, 2026 Joe Gough
Abstract This chapter considers philosophy of mind. It considers the significance of this book’s thesis for philosophy of mind. It focuses initially on the ‘mark of the mental’, the attempt to identifying the core feature of ‘mental’ phenomena, and the ‘mind–body problem’. It then aims to draw out some subtly dualistic assumptions that shape some areas of philosophy of mind, where explanations...
December 2, 2026 Joe Gough
Abstract: The concept of mind and the category of the mental are hugely influential. They are also fundamentally mistaken. They are ill-suited to describing human beings and our place in the world. They are recent, culturally specific, theoretically motivated, and value-laden. They mislead us about ourselves, nonhumans, the nature of psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science, the nature of...