philosophy of mind

Philosophy of mind, paradoxically enough, became an interesting area of philosophy only when philosophers began to stop taking the notion of "mind" for granted and began asking whether it was a misleading locution.

Descartes is a thinker whose very reputation and influence have been serious obstacles to the correct understanding and interpretation of his doctrines . . . . This is preëminently true of his ‘philosophy of mind’, understanding by this expression his conception of the human mind, its nature and significance.