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Cain M. J. |
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The philosophy of cognitive science / / M. J. Cain |
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Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy and cognitive science |
Philosophy of mind |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgements; 1 Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science; 1 Introduction; 2 Cognition; 3 Science and cognition; 4 Science; 5 The birth of cognitive science; 6 Interdisciplinarity; 7 Conclusion; Notes; 2 Representation and Computation; 1 Introduction; 2 Classical computationalism; 3 Evaluating classical computationalism; 4 Connectionism; 5 Evaluating connectionism; 6 Alternative approaches to the study of cognition; 7 Evaluating anti-representationalism; 8 The extended mind; 9 Conclusion; Notes; 3 Modularity; 1 Introduction |
2 Fodorian modules3 Modularity and the central system; 4 The massive modularity thesis; 5 Psychology and physics; 6 Conclusion; Notes; 4 Concepts; 1 Introduction; 2 What are concepts? Some preliminaries; 3 Traditional theories of concepts; 4 The prototype and exemplar theories; 5 The theory theory of concepts; 6 Informational atomism and the proxytype theory; 7 Conclusion; Notes; 5 Language; 1 Introduction; 2 Knowledge of language; 3 Chomsky's account of language acquisition; 4 Objections to Chomsky's nativism; 5 Tomasello's usage-based account of language acquisition; 6 Conclusion; Notes |
6 The Brain and Cognition1 Introduction; 2 Neuroscience and the history of cognitive science; 3 The basics of the brain; 4 Vision; 5 The location of perception; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Conclusion; References; |
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