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The Analysis of Mind

Philosophy

Russell's 1921 William James Lectures, arguing for neutral monism — that mind and matter are both constructed from a more primitive neutral stuff. Rejects both idealism and materialism in favor of a causal, scientific account of sensation, memory, belief, and desire. Influential on logical positivism and the philosophy of psychology.

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