| Geoffrey Madell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1934 |
| Died | 8 March 2018 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
Geoffrey Madell (4 February 1934 – 8 March 2018) was a Scottish philosopher who specialized in philosophy of mind and the question of personal identity.
Madell was Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He authored articles for Mind and the Philosophy journal. He defended Cartesian dualism in his book Mind and Materialism, published in 1988. He commented that "interactionist dualism looks to be by far the only plausible framework in which the facts of our experience can be fitted".
Selected publications
- The Identity of the Self (Edinburgh University Press, 1981)
- Mind and Materialism (Edinburgh University Press, 1988)
- Personal Identity and the Mind-Body Problem in J. R. Smythies and John Beloff. The Case for Dualism (University Press of Virginia, 1989)
- Philosophy, Music and Emotion (Edinburgh University Press, 2002)
- The Essence of the Self: In Defense of the Simple View of Personal Identity (Routledge, 2014)
References
- Cockburn, David. (1991). Human Beings. Cambridge University Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-0521422451
- Morea, Peter. (1990). Personality: An Introduction to the Theories of Psychology. Penguin Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-0140125191
- ^ Lesser, A. H. (2014). "Mind and Materialism, by Geoffrey Madell". Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. 21 (1): 92–93. doi:10.1080/00071773.1990.11006883.
- Griffin, David Ray. (2000). Religion and Scientific Naturalism: Overcoming the Conflicts. State University of New York Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0791445631
- Kennedy, Ralph (1985). "Reviewed Works: The Concept of Identity by Eli Hirsch; The Identity of the Self by Geoffrey Madell". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 45 (3): 467–473. JSTOR 2107281.
- Gergen, Kenneth J. (1990). "Review Of "The Case For Dualism" Edited By J. R. Smythies And J. Beloff". Choice. 27 (9). doi:10.5860/CHOICE.27-5064.
- Koopman, Constantijn (2003). "Review: Philosophy, Music and Emotion". Mind. 112 (448): 759–762. doi:10.1093/mind/112.448.759.
- Giberman, Daniel (2015). "The Essence of the Self: In Defense of the Simple View of Personal Identity". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on July 30, 2024.
