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The brain and the meaning of life [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Thagard
| The brain and the meaning of life [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Thagard |
| Autore | Thagard Paul |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 128 |
| Soggetto topico |
Life
Cognitive science |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4008-3461-9
1-282-93616-6 9786612936166 1-282-45799-3 9786612457999 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. We All Need Wisdom -- Chapter Two. Evidence Beats Faith -- Chapter Three. Minds are Brains -- Chapter Four. How Brains Know Reality -- Chapter Five. How Brains Feel Emotions -- Chapter Six. How Brains Decide -- Chapter Seven. Why Life Is Worth Living -- Chapter Eight. Needs and Hopes -- Chapter Nine. Ethical Brains -- Chapter Ten. Making Sense Of It All -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456731803321 |
Thagard Paul
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| Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The brain and the meaning of life [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Thagard
| The brain and the meaning of life [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Thagard |
| Autore | Thagard Paul |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 128 |
| Soggetto topico |
Life
Cognitive science |
| ISBN |
1-4008-3461-9
1-282-93616-6 9786612936166 1-282-45799-3 9786612457999 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. We All Need Wisdom -- Chapter Two. Evidence Beats Faith -- Chapter Three. Minds are Brains -- Chapter Four. How Brains Know Reality -- Chapter Five. How Brains Feel Emotions -- Chapter Six. How Brains Decide -- Chapter Seven. Why Life Is Worth Living -- Chapter Eight. Needs and Hopes -- Chapter Nine. Ethical Brains -- Chapter Ten. Making Sense Of It All -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780862803321 |
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Thagard Paul
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| Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The brain and the meaning of life / / Paul Thagard
| The brain and the meaning of life / / Paul Thagard |
| Autore | Thagard Paul |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 128 |
| Soggetto topico |
Life
Cognitive science |
| ISBN |
9786612936166
9786612457999 9781400834617 1400834619 9781282936164 1282936166 9781282457997 1282457993 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. We All Need Wisdom -- Chapter Two. Evidence Beats Faith -- Chapter Three. Minds are Brains -- Chapter Four. How Brains Know Reality -- Chapter Five. How Brains Feel Emotions -- Chapter Six. How Brains Decide -- Chapter Seven. Why Life Is Worth Living -- Chapter Eight. Needs and Hopes -- Chapter Nine. Ethical Brains -- Chapter Ten. Making Sense Of It All -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910961471003321 |
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Thagard Paul
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| Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cognitive science of science : explanation, discovery, and conceptual change / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Scott Findlay ... [et al.]
| The cognitive science of science : explanation, discovery, and conceptual change / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Scott Findlay ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Thagard Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina | 501 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Cognitive science |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49923-0
9786613594464 0-262-30172-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction; Chapter 1. What Is the Cognitive Science of Science?; Explaining Science; Approaches to the Cognitive Science of Science; Methodology of Computational Modeling; Unified Cognitive Science Research; Other Approaches to Studying Science; Studies in the Cognitive Science of Science; Part II. Explanation and Justification; Chapter 2. Why Explanation Matters; Chapter 3. Models of Scientific Explanation; Explanation; Deductive Models; Schema and Analogy Models; Probabilistic Models; Neural Network Models; Causality; Conclusion
Chapter 4. How Brains Make Mental ModelsIntroduction; Mental Models; Abduction; Neural Representation and Processing; Neural Mental Models; Generating New Ideas and Hypotheses; Embodiment: Moderate and Extreme; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Changing Minds about Climate Change: Belief Revision, Coherence, and Emotion; Scientific Belief Revision; Climate Change; Coherence and Revision; Simulating Belief Revision about Climate Change; Simulating Resistance to Belief Revision; Alternative Theories of Belief Revision; Conclusion; Appendix Chapter 6. Coherence, Truth, and the Development of Scientific KnowledgeIntroduction; The Relation between Coherence and Truth; Explanatory Coherence; The Pessimistic Induction; Whewell ' s Overoptimistic Induction; Deepening and the Cautiously Optimistic Induction; Mechanisms and Explanation; Approximate Truth; Deepening the Deepening Maxim; Conclusion; Part III. Discovery and Creativity; Chapter 7. Why Discovery Matters; Chapter 8. The Aha! Experience: Creativity through Emergent Binding in Neural Networks; Creative Cognition; Creativity from Combination of Representations Neural Combination and BindingBinding by Convolution; Emotion and Creativity; Simulations; What Convolutions Are Creative?; Limitations; Comparisons with Related Work; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Creative Combination of Representations: Scientific Discovery and Technological Invention; Introduction; Study 1: Scientific Discovery; Study 2: Technological Invention; Objections to Combination; Conclusion; Appendix: Blind Variation; Chapter 10. Creativity in Computer Science; Introduction; Nature and Origins of Problems in Computer Science; Creative Analogies in Computer Science; Everyday Creativity The Casual Mode of CreativityComparison with Natural Science; Conclusion; Chapter 11. Patterns of Medical Discovery; Introduction; Medical Hypotheses; Logical Patterns; Psychological Patterns; Neural Patterns; Technological Patterns; Conclusion; Part IV. Conceptual Change; Chapter 12. Why Conceptual Change Matters; Chapter 13. Conceptual Change in the History of Science: Life, Mind, and Disease; Introduction; History and Philosophy of Science; Life; Disease; Mind; Conceptual Change; Chapter 14. Getting to Darwin: Obstacles to Accepting Evolution by Natural Selection; Introduction Cognitive Obstacles |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461731403321 |
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Thagard Paul
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cognitive science of science : explanation, discovery, and conceptual change / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Scott Findlay [and others]
| The cognitive science of science : explanation, discovery, and conceptual change / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Scott Findlay [and others] |
| Autore | Thagard Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina | 501 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FindlayScott |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Cognitive science |
| Soggetto non controllato |
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology |
| ISBN |
0-262-30097-4
1-280-49923-0 9786613594464 0-262-30172-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction; Chapter 1. What Is the Cognitive Science of Science?; Explaining Science; Approaches to the Cognitive Science of Science; Methodology of Computational Modeling; Unified Cognitive Science Research; Other Approaches to Studying Science; Studies in the Cognitive Science of Science; Part II. Explanation and Justification; Chapter 2. Why Explanation Matters; Chapter 3. Models of Scientific Explanation; Explanation; Deductive Models; Schema and Analogy Models; Probabilistic Models; Neural Network Models; Causality; Conclusion
Chapter 4. How Brains Make Mental ModelsIntroduction; Mental Models; Abduction; Neural Representation and Processing; Neural Mental Models; Generating New Ideas and Hypotheses; Embodiment: Moderate and Extreme; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Changing Minds about Climate Change: Belief Revision, Coherence, and Emotion; Scientific Belief Revision; Climate Change; Coherence and Revision; Simulating Belief Revision about Climate Change; Simulating Resistance to Belief Revision; Alternative Theories of Belief Revision; Conclusion; Appendix Chapter 6. Coherence, Truth, and the Development of Scientific KnowledgeIntroduction; The Relation between Coherence and Truth; Explanatory Coherence; The Pessimistic Induction; Whewell ' s Overoptimistic Induction; Deepening and the Cautiously Optimistic Induction; Mechanisms and Explanation; Approximate Truth; Deepening the Deepening Maxim; Conclusion; Part III. Discovery and Creativity; Chapter 7. Why Discovery Matters; Chapter 8. The Aha! Experience: Creativity through Emergent Binding in Neural Networks; Creative Cognition; Creativity from Combination of Representations Neural Combination and BindingBinding by Convolution; Emotion and Creativity; Simulations; What Convolutions Are Creative?; Limitations; Comparisons with Related Work; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Creative Combination of Representations: Scientific Discovery and Technological Invention; Introduction; Study 1: Scientific Discovery; Study 2: Technological Invention; Objections to Combination; Conclusion; Appendix: Blind Variation; Chapter 10. Creativity in Computer Science; Introduction; Nature and Origins of Problems in Computer Science; Creative Analogies in Computer Science; Everyday Creativity The Casual Mode of CreativityComparison with Natural Science; Conclusion; Chapter 11. Patterns of Medical Discovery; Introduction; Medical Hypotheses; Logical Patterns; Psychological Patterns; Neural Patterns; Technological Patterns; Conclusion; Part IV. Conceptual Change; Chapter 12. Why Conceptual Change Matters; Chapter 13. Conceptual Change in the History of Science: Life, Mind, and Disease; Introduction; History and Philosophy of Science; Life; Disease; Mind; Conceptual Change; Chapter 14. Getting to Darwin: Obstacles to Accepting Evolution by Natural Selection; Introduction Cognitive Obstacles |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789932203321 |
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Thagard Paul
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hot thought [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms and applications of emotional cognition / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Fred Kroon ... [et al.]
| Hot thought [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms and applications of emotional cognition / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Fred Kroon ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Thagard Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 301 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 152.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KroonFred |
| Soggetto topico | Emotions and cognition |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-262-30346-9
1-282-09846-2 9786612098468 0-262-28484-7 1-4294-1002-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452069503321 |
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Thagard Paul
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hot thought : mechanisms and applications of emotional cognition / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Fred Kroon [and others]
| Hot thought : mechanisms and applications of emotional cognition / / Paul Thagard ; in collaboration with Fred Kroon [and others] |
| Autore | Thagard Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 301 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 152.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KroonFred |
| Soggetto topico | Emotions and cognition |
| Soggetto non controllato |
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology |
| ISBN | 9780262284844 (eBook) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777640203321 |
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Thagard Paul
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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