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Autore |
Horst Steven W. <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Laws, mind, and free will / / Steven Horst |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-11920-X |
9786613119209 |
0-262-29574-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Free will and determinism |
Philosophy of mind |
Law (Philosophical concept) |
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Formato |
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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Cover ; Contents; Preface; I Laws and the Mind; 1 Laws and the Mind; 2 Laws, Vindication, and Ontology; 3 The Received Solution in Computational Psychology; 4 Cartwright, Universal Laws, and Fundamentalism; 5 Empiricism and Laws; 6 Laws and Idealization; II Laws and Freedom; 7 Laws and Freedom; 8 Freedom, Determinism, and Two Accounts of Laws; 9 Three Appeals and a Kantian Conclusion; III Case Studies of Explanation in the Sciences of the Mind; 10 Psychophysical Laws and Models of Early Vision; 11 Modeling Cortical Dynamics; 12 Belief-Desire Psychologies; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this work, Steven Horst addresses the apparent dissonance between the picture of the natural world that arises from the sciences and our understanding of ourselves as agents who think and act. |
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