Philosophy of psychology and cognitive science

Author(s)

• Thagard, Paul

Bibliographic Information

Philosophy of psychology and cognitive science

edited by Paul Thagard

（Handbook of the philosophy of science / general editors, Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, and John Woods）

Elsevier, 2007

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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)

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Details

• NCID: BA80231427
• ISBN:
  • 9780444515407
• LCCN: 2006050856
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 502 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF38
  • DC22 : 150.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Psychology -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Philosophy and cognitive science
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA79879616