7. The Threat of Cognitive Suicide

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. 1. Common Sense and Physicalism 1
6. PART I. WILL COGNITIVE SCIENCE SAVE BELIEF?
7. 2. Belief in Cognitive Science 23
8. 3. Mind and the Machine Analogy 43
9. 4. Unspeakable Thoughts 63
10. 5. The Elusiveness of Content 85
11. PART II. IS BELIEF OBSOLETE?
12. 6. How High the Stakes? 113
13. 7. The Threat of Cognitive Suicide 134
14. 8. Instrumentalism: Back from the Brink? 149
15. 9. Where We Are Now 167
16. Index 175