Mental Action and the Conscious Mind

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Michael Brent (Boston Consulting Group, USA) Lisa Miracchi Titus (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Mental Action and the Conscious Mind

Michael Brent (Boston Consulting Group, USA), Lisa Miracchi Titus (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

Mental action deserves a place among foundational topics in action theory and philosophy of mind. Recent accounts of human agency tend to overlook the role of conscious mental action in our daily lives, while contemporary accounts of the conscious mind often ignore the role of mental action and agency in shaping consciousness. This collection aims to establish the centrality of mental action for discussions of agency and mind. The thirteen original essays provide a wide-ranging vision of the various and nuanced philosophical issues at stake. Among the questions explored by the contributors are:

Which aspects of our conscious mental lives are agential?

Can mental action be reduced to and explained in terms of non-agential mental states, processes, or events?

Must mental action be included among the ontological categories required for understanding and explaining the conscious mind more generally?

Does mental action have implications for related topics, such as attention, self-knowledge, self-control, or the mind-body problem?

By investigating the nature, scope, and explanation of mental action, the essays presented here aim to demonstrate the significance of conscious mental action for discussions of agency and mind. Mental Action and the Conscious Mind will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, and philosophy of agency, as well as to philosophically inclined cognitive scientists.

Edited by: Michael Brent (Boston Consulting Group USA), Lisa Miracchi Titus (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781032071152
ISBN 10: 103207115X
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Brent is Responsible A.I. Expert at Boston Consulting Group and Cofounding Faculty at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, USA. Previously, he was Senior Program Manager in the Office of Responsible A.I. at Microsoft Corporation and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver, USA. His published work has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, and Philosophical Psychology. Lisa Miracchi Titus is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, where she is also a General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) Lab Faculty Affiliate and a MindCORE Faculty Affiliate. Her published work has appeared in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Synthese.