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Books

Mind by Eric Matthews

Grant Bartley finds a lot to think about in Eric Matthews’ ‘brainy’ pondering of mind.

Mind is part of a neatly-designed matching set, the ‘key concepts in philosophy’ series by Continuum, which also includes Ethics, Epistemology, Logic and Language. In this book Professor Matthews outlines some of the philosophical problems of mind, the central problem arguably being the mind-body problem, about which you will soon find me being pedantically dualist.

The style of Mind is concise and clear, and Professor Matthews has the wisdom to communicate well the most important ideas of the many subjects through which he threads the narrative of his argument. The information throughout the book, drawn from several different philosophical systems, is both interesting and evidently relevant. The last chapter includes a round-up of Prof Matthews’ argument, and a summation of his conclusions so far about minds.

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