Philosophy of Mind Books?

Someone asked a similar question, so I'm repeating myself but I think the following book is quite good and covers a lot of territory:

Mental Reality by Galen Strawson

Reply to Eugen
Sounds philosophical to me.
Hegel wrote a book with that as a title.
Are you interested in some kind of summary of arguments?
Toward what end?

I'd recommend The Analysis of Mind, by Bertrand Russell.

Beware though: some parts of it are quite complicated.

For philosophy of mind, my better reads since 2019:

• The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene
• Understanding Consciousness, Max Velmans

For philosophy of mind-adjacent neuroscience, cognitive psychology, etc I've read since 2019:

• How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now, Stanislas Dehaene
• The Self-Assembling Brain: How Neural Networks Grow Smarter, Peter Robin Hiesinger
• The Nocturnal Brain, Guy Leschziner
• The Psychology of Stupidity, ed. Jean-François Marmion

Quoting Eugen

I want something that presents all the ideas in a neutral way, with pros and cons for each metaphysical view, like a debate.

One of the better introductions I have read about philosophy of mind was written by E. J. Lowe.

I really do not recommend you purchase any of these sorts of books though. Introductions/anthologies to anything are typically redundant, superficial and incomplete. They serve the purpose of providing a general map of the territory and giving the reader the opportunity to dip their toes in. You can get exactly this for effectively no extra material cost by reading articles on websites like SEP.

The unfortunate reality is that you really do need to take the time to study individual works if you want to get a grip on anything, at least anything with depth. You will choose a line of thought and follow it for as long as you find it worthwhile, kind of like wearing a pair of shoes until you wear them out. Then it's on to the next pair.

"Gödel, Escher, and Bach".Douglass Hofstadter. A bit too computer oriented though. "The Mind'sEye". Don't remember the author.

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Thank you a lot, guys! I'll start searching.

Quoting Valentinus

Sounds philosophical to me.
Hegel wrote a book with that as a title.
Are you interested in some kind of summary of arguments?
Toward what end?

Yes, something like how would two guys argue on panpsychism for example, one for and the other against, presenting the arguments and counter-arguments. Same for materialism, idealism, and every other ontology.

No one mentions Chalmers The Conscious Mind?

Reply to Thunderballs Also, Hofstadter's I Am a Strange Loop is quite good on these issues too.

Reply to Hanover Recommend Explaining Consciousness: The Hard Problem, ed. Jonathan Shear (26 papers in response to "the hard problem" "p-zombie" "explanatory gap" ideas) also when recommending Chalmers.

Reply to Eugen

Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Handbook-Philosophy-Mind-Handbooks/dp/019959631X
has a variety of essays covering wide topics from the top philosophers of Mind all around the world.

The Concept of Mind, Gilbert Ryle.

Quoting 180 Proof

Recommend Explaining Consciousness: The Hard Problem, ed. Jonathan Shear (26 papers in response to "the hard problem" "p-zombie" "explanatory gap" ideas) also when recommending Chalmers.

So as to emphasize how fundamental Chalmers is to philosophy of mind (that 26 philosophers offered responses)?

Reply to frank How detrimental is more like it.

Reply to 180 Proof
That's a minority view.

Reply to frank No doubt. :roll: