The bounds of cognition / / Frederick Adams and Kenn Aizawa

• Autore: Adams Frederick
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 121
• Soggetto topico: Cognition - Philosophy; Philosophy and cognitive science
• Persona (resp. second.): AizawaKenn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Refining the issues -- Original content -- Cognitive processes -- The mark of the cognitive, extended cognition style -- The coupling-constitution fallacy -- Extended cognitive systems and extended cognitive processes -- Functional equivalence, complementarity, and evolution -- Inference to the best explanation and extended cognition -- Future directions.
• Sommario/riassunto: An alarming number of philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that mind extends beyond the brain and body. This book evaluates these arguments and suggests that, typically, it does not.A timely and relevant study that exposes the need to develop a more sophisticated theory of cognition, while pointing to a bold new direction in exploring the nature of cognitionArticulates and defends the "mark of the cognitive", a common sense theory used to distinguish between cognitive and non-cognitive processesChallenges the current popularity of extended cognition theory through critical analysi
• Titolo autorizzato: The bounds of cognition
• ISBN: 1-4443-5730-1; 9786612777196; 1-4443-9170-4; 1-282-77719-X; 1-4443-9171-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829975003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II