The Will
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 7/17/2008
EAN 9780521619530, ISBN10: 052161953X
Paperback, 324 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
The phenomenon of action in which the mind moves the body has puzzled philosophers over the centuries. In this new edition of a classic work of analytical philosophy, Brian O'Shaughnessy investigates bodily action and attempts to resolve some of the main problems. His expanded and updated discussion examines the scope of the will and the conditions in which it makes contact with the body, and investigates the epistemology of the body. He sheds light upon the strangely intimate relation of awareness in which we stand to our own bodies, doing so partly through appeal to the concept of the body-image. The result is a new and strengthened emphasis on the vitally important function of the bodily will as a transparently intelligible bridge between mind and body, and the proposal of a dual aspect theory of the will.
Part III. Dual Aspect Theory
Introduction
9. Observation and the will
10. The scope to the intention
11. Voluntariness and volition
12. The proof of a duel aspect theory of physical action
13. The definition of action
14. Defining the psychological and the mental
15. The ontological status of physical action
16. Dual aspect theory and the epistemology of physical action
Part IV. From Mind to Body
Introduction
17. The antecedents of action (1)
from desires to intention
18. The antecedents of action (2)
from intending to trying
19. The antecedents of action (3)
from will to action
20. The 'mental pineal gland'.