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Some Trends in the Philosophy of Mind

C. A. Mace

July 1, 2026 DOI: 10.4324/9781003797678-3 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper
Topics Philosophy of mind
Keywords Banner Period music History of philosophy Philosophy of history Western philosophy Epistemology
Key points Argues that every age in the history of the philosophy of mind is an age of revolt, and that the present century has been unusually revolutionary. Proposes that those who enter this history do so by raising a banner of revolt, and that it is the unfaithful disciple who inherits the philosophical mantle.

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every age, it has been said, is an ‘age of transition’. So too, it might be said, is every age, in the history of the philosophy of mind at least, an age of revolt. Indeed this is almost a logical necessity. One who enters the pages of this history does so only by raising some banner of revolt; and the more faithful his disciples the sooner they are forgotten. It is upon the unfaithful disciple that the mantle always falls. Though this be so in general the present century has been to a quite unusual degree a period of great revolutions in the philosophy of mind.

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