The Concept ‘Mind’
J. F. M. Hunter
Philosophy October 1, 1986 DOI: 10.1017/s0031819100061222 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the philosophy of mind includes surprisingly little about minds, noting that anthologies and works like Ryle's discuss thinking, imagining, believing, willing, and remembering but not minds, and that the assumption that investigating these topics is investigating minds is itself never made a topic of investigation. |
Abstract
It is a curious thing about the philosophy of mind, that it includes surprisingly little about minds. In an average anthology on the subject, or a book like Ryle's, one finds discussions of thinking, imagining, believing, willing, remembering, and so on, but not of minds. It seems to be assumed that investigating these topics is investigating minds; but whether that is true is not itself made a topic for investigation.