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Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science

Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods Paul Thagard
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 oct 2006
Psychology is the study of thinking, and cognitive science is the interdisciplinary investigation of mind and intelligence that also includes philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. In these investigations, many philosophical issues arise concerning methods and central concepts.
The Handbook of Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science contains 16 essays by leading philosophers of science that illuminate the nature of the theories and explanations used in the investigation of minds.
Topics discussed include representation, mechanisms, reduction, perception, consciousness, language, emotions, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology.


  • Comprehensive coverage of philosophy of psychology and cognitive science
  • Distinguished contributors: leading philosophers in this area
  • Contributions closely tied to relevant scientific research
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780444515407
ISBN-10: 0444515402
Pagini: 522
Dimensiuni: 165 x 240 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.87 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
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Researchers and grad students in philosophy, psychology and cognitive science; scientistis interested in methodology

Cuprins

General Preface (Dov Gabbay, Paul Thagard and John Woods)
Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Sience (Paul Thagard)
List of Contributors
Representation (Eric Dietrich)
Mechanisms and Psychological Explanation (Cory Wright and William Bechtel)
Realization: Metaphysical and Scientific Perspectives (Robert A. Wilson and Carl F. Craver)
Reduction: Models of Cross-Scientific Relations (Robert N. McCauley)
Perception Preattentive and Phenomenal (Austen Clark)
Consciousness: Phenomenal Consciousness, Access Consciousness and Scientific Practice (Uriah Kriegel)
On Restricting the Evidence Base for Linguistics (Corrine Iten, Robert Stainton and Catherine Wearing)
Emotion: Competing Theories and Philosopical Issues (Jesse J. Prinz)
Simulation (Alvin Goldman and Kelby Mason)
The Theoretical and Methodological Foudations of Cognitive Neuroscience (Valerie Gray Hardcastle)
Computational Neuroscience (Chris Eliasmith)
Psychopathology: Minding Mental Illness (George Graham and G. Lynn Stephens)
The Adaptive Programme of Evolutionary Psychology (Robert C. Richardson)
Situated Cognition (Miriam Solomon)
Artificial Intelligence: History, Foundations, and Philosophical Issues (B. Jack Copeland and Diane Proudfoot)