This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind--in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.
金在权（Jaegwon Kim，1934- ），当代韩裔美国哲学家，长期任教于布朗大学。他以其在心理因果性与心身问题方面的研究而闻名，在心灵哲学、形而上学、行动理论、认识论、科学哲学等方面多有建树。主要著作有《随附性与心灵》、《心灵哲学》、《物理世界中的心灵》等。
