Deconstructing the Mind - Couverture rigide

Livre 2 sur 38: Philosophy of Mind

Stich, Stephen P.

 
9780195100815: Deconstructing the Mind
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ISBN 10 : 0195100816 ISBN 13 : 9780195100815
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Over the last two decades, debates over the viability of commonsense psychology have been centre stage in both cognitive science and the philosophy of mind. Eliminativists have argued that advances in cognitive science and neuroscience will ultimately justify a rejection of our "folk" theory of the mind, and of its ontology. In the first half of this book Stich, who was at one time a leading advocate of eliminativism, maintains that even if the sciences develop in the ways that eliminativists foresee, none of the arguments for ontological elimination are tenable. Rather than being resolved by science, he contends, these ontological disputes will be settled by a pragmatic process in which social and political considerations have a major role to play. In later chapters, Stich argues that the widespread worry about "naturalizing" psychological properties is deeply confused, since there is no plausible account of what naturalizing requires on which the failure of the naturalization project would lead to eliminativism. He also offers a detailed analysis of the many different notions of folk psychology to be found in philosophy and psychology, and argues that simulation theory, which purports to be an alternative to folk psychology, is not supported by recent experimental findings.

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Over the last two decades, debates over the viability of commonsense psychology have been centre stage in both cognitive science and the philosophy of mind. Eliminativists have argued that advances in cognitive science and neuroscience will ultimately justify a rejection of our "folk" theory of the mind, and of its ontology. In the first half of this book Stich, who was at one time a leading advocate of eliminativism, maintains that even if the sciences develop in the ways that eliminativists foresee, none of the arguments for ontological elimination are tenable. Rather than being resolved by science, he contends, these ontological disputes will be settled by a pragmatic process in which social and political considerations have a major role to play. In later chapters, Stich argues that the widespread worry about "naturalizing" psychological properties is deeply confused, since there is no plausible account of what naturalizing requires on which the failure of the naturalization project would lead to eliminativism. He also offers a detailed analysis of the many different notions of folk psychology to be found in philosophy and psychology, and argues that simulation theory, which purports to be an alternative to folk psychology, is not supported by recent experimental findings.

Revue de presse

excellent collection .../ lucid treatment .../ Stephen Mills, University of Ulster at Coleraine, The Philosophical Quarterly, April 1999.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195100816
ISBN 13 
9780195100815
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie
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Via Verdi, 8
Assago Milano
20090
Italie

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ISBN 10 :  0195126661 ISBN 13 :  9780195126662
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1999
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