The Need for Explanation in the Philosophy of Mind: A Case Study.
Explanatory inquiry characteristically begins with a certain puzzlement about the world. But why do certain situations elicit our puzzlement (or curiosity) while others leave us, in some epistemically relevant sense, cold? Moreover, what exactly is involved in the move from a state of puzzlement to...
| Publicado en: | Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association Vol. 80; pp. 237 - 245 |
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| Formato: | Case Study |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
2006
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