Consciousness and cognition [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Thau
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| Autore: |
Thau Michael <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Consciousness and cognition [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Thau
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128/.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mental representation |
| Philosophy of mind | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1 SPECTRUM INVERSION; 2 THE STRUCTURE OF BELIEF AND PERCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION; 3 FREGE'S PUZZLE; 4 THE STRUCTURE OF LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION; 5 BLACK-AND-WHITE MARY; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Our thinking about consciousness and cognition is dominated by a certain very natural conception. This conception dictates what we take the fundamental questions about consciousness and cognition to be as well as the form that their answers must take. In this book, Michael Thau shows that, despite its naturalness, this conception begins with and depends upon a few fundamental errors. Exorcising these errors requires that we completely reconceive the nature of both consciousness and cognition as well as the fundamental problems each poses. Thau proceeds by discussing three famous and important |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Consciousness and cognition |
| ISBN: | 1-280-83507-9 |
| 0-19-534965-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451270303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Philosophy of mind series.