Eliza asked:

If I want to study philosophy of mind, what do I begin with?

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A good place to start is the article on philosophy of mind and language in Philosophy: A Guide
Through the SubjectVolume 1 (ed. Grayling, OUP). I recommend The Concept of Mindby Gilbert
Ryle for its humour, method, and down to earth treatment of the mind-body issue. Problems of Mind
by Norman Malcom is a good start in coming to understand Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind.

A more ambitious read would be Philsophy of Mindby Jaegwon Kim who writes there on a variety of
positions. It would also introduce you to the debate surrounding Donald Davidson's anomalous
monism which is important. Thomas Nagel's article 'What is it Like to Be a Bat' (which you can get
online at http://jamaica.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/online.html)is a classic reading in which he gives a
solid defence of property dualism. I also recommend Mind and Worldby John McDowell which I'm
reading at present. There can be a lot of weird terminology so it is worth writing down words like
'epiphenomenalism', 'multiple realisibiity' and the other strange wonders one comes across. The best
of luck!

Adam Gatward

You can begin with any introductory book to the philosophy of mind. There is a collection of essays
which cover the general issues in the philosophy of mind called The Philosophy of Mindedited by V.
C. Chappell.

Rachel Browne