Mind and cognition : a reader

Author(s)

• Lycan, William G.

Bibliographic Information

Mind and cognition : a reader

William G. Lycan [editor]

B. Blackwell, 1990

• : pbk

Other Title

Mind and cognition

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780631160762

Description

"Mind and Cognition" provides a review of contemporary developments in our understanding of the relationship of mind and body, thought and expression, machines and brains. It collects both classic articles and original pieces in an overview of the complex, sophisticated and sometimes conflicting developments in theories of mind. In the past thirty years the philosophy of mind has seen a shift of doctrine, of method and of perspective. A hallmark of this shift is the attention of philosophers to science: not only to psychology and linguistics, but also to computer science, evolutionary biology and neuroanatomy. This volume makes available to students, teachers and researchers contributions to this shift.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Ontology from behaviourism to functionalism: behavioursism
• the identity theory
• early causal and functionalist views. Part 2 Homuncular functionalism and other teleological theories: homuncular functionalism
• teleological functionalism
• theleological views of intentionality. Part 3 Instrumentalism: "true believers"
• "Dennett on intentional systems"
• "making sense of ourselves". Part 4 Eliminativism and neurophilosophy: classical eliminativism
• current eliminativism
• neurophilosophy and connectionism. Part 5 The "Language of Thought" hypothesis: defending the "Language of Thought"
• attacking
• psychosemantics. Part 6 The status of "Folk Psychology": attacking folk psychology
• defending. Part 7 Consciousness, "Qualia" and subjectivity: "Qualia" - based objections to functionalism
• functionalist responses.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780631167631

Description

"Mind and Cognition" provides a review of contemporary developments in our understanding of the relationship of mind and body, thought and expression, machines and brains. It collects both classic articles and original pieces in an overview of the complex, sophisticated and sometimes conflicting developments in theories of mind. In the past thirty years the philosophy of mind has seen a shift of doctrine, of method and of perspective. A hallmark of this shift is the attention of philosophers to science: not only to psychology and linguistics, but also to computer science, evolutionary biology and neuroanatomy. This volume makes available to students, teachers and researchers contributions to this shift.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Ontology from behaviourism to functionalism: behaviourism
• the identity theory
• early causal and functionalist views. Part 2 Homuncular functionalism and other teleological theories: homuncular functionalism
• teleological functionalism
• theleological views of intentionality. Part 3 Instrumentalism: "true believers"
• "Dennett on intentional systems"
• "making sense of ourselves". Part 4 Eliminativism and neurophilosophy: classical eliminativism
• current eliminativism
• neurophilosophy and connectionism. Part 5 The "Language of Thought" hypothesis: defending the "Language of Thought"
• attacking
• psychosemantics. Part 6 The status of "folk psychology": attacking folk psychology
• defending. Part 7 Consciousness, "Qualia" and subjectivity: "Qualia" - based objections to functionalism
• functionalist responses.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA10097432
• ISBN:
  • 0631160760
  • 0631167633
• LCCN: 88007915
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass. USA
• Pages/Volumes: 683 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF171
  • DC19 : 128/.2
  • NDC8 : 114.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mind and body
  • LCSH : Thought and thinking
  • LCSH : Cognitive science