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© 1992 The MIT Press.
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Preface
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Thereis assuredlyno moreeffectual method of clearingup ones own mind on any subledthan
by talking it over, so to speak, with [persons] of real powerand graspwho haveconsidered it
from a totally differentpoint of view. Theparal1a .r of time helpsus to the true positionof a
conception, as theparal1a .r of spacehelps us to that of a star.
T. H. Huxley
We assembledthis volume with severalgoals in mind. First, we wanted to provide a
pedagogicaltool for those teaching the philosophy of mind to upper level undergraduates
. We have eachtaught coursesin the philosophy of mind, and we have eachbeen
frustrated by the lack of an introductory reader that contains historically relevant
material. There are severalexcellent collections of recent writings in the philosophy of
mind, but we thought it was important for students to seehow certain problems have
survived through the centuries. Our solution was to pull together the historical and
contemporary work anize the material by topics. Eachsection of the