Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Does Descartes think minds are substances? 12
7. Descartes on self-knowledge 21
8. Human consciousness and the rational soul 31
9. Mental causation 42
10. Mental representation 51
11. Is the mind a substance for Spinoza? 61
12. Spinoza and self-knowledge 70
13. The subject of thought and consciousness 80
14. Spinoza and mental causation 88
15. Spinoza on representation 95
16. Is the mind a substance for Leibniz? 102
17. Self-knowledge and the monads 110
18. Leibniz on consciousness and unconscious perceptions 120
19. Leibniz and the problem of mental causation 126
20. Leibniz and representation 132
21. Is the mind a substance for Locke? 139
22. Locke's views on self-knowledge 148
23. Locke on consciousness 155
24. Locke on mental causation 163
25. Locke on representation 169
26. Minds are the only substances 181
27. What do we know about our own minds or selves? 191
28. is the nature of consciousness for Berkeley? 202
29. Berkeley's problem of mental causation 212
30. What is Berkeley's theory of mental representation and intentionality? 222
31. Is the mind a substance for Hume? 230
32. Hume and self-knowledge 239
33. Hume's notion of consciousness 250
34. Hume on mental causation 259
35. Hume on representation 267
36. Conclusion 276
37. Bibliography 285
38. Index 289