Physicalism and its Discontents

This collection of new essays offers a series of "state-of-the-art" perspectives on the important doctrine of physicalism and brings new depth and breadth to the philosophical debate. A group of distinguished philosophers, comprising both physicalists and their critics, consider a wide range of issues including the historical genesis and present justification of physicalism, its metaphysical presuppositions and methodological role, its implications for mental causation, and the account it provides of consciousness.Gillett, Carl is the author of 'Physicalism and its Discontents', published 2007 under ISBN 9780521042123 and ISBN 0521042127.