An Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychology - Couverture souple

Weiskopf, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521740207 ISBN 13 : 9780521740203

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Psychology aims to give us a scientific account of how the mind works. But what does it mean to have a science of the mental, and what sort of picture of the mind emerges from our best psychological theories? This book addresses these philosophical puzzles in a way that is accessible to readers with little or no background in psychology or neuroscience. Using clear and detailed case studies and drawing on up-to-date empirical research, it examines perception and action, the link between attention and consciousness, the modularity of mind, how we understand other minds, and the influence of language on thought, as well as the relationship between mind, brain, body, and world. The result is an integrated and comprehensive overview of much of the architecture of the mind, which will be valuable for both students and specialists in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science.

Biographie de l'auteur

Daniel Weiskopf is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and an associate faculty member in the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University. He has published numerous articles and chapters on concepts and mental representation, the structure of higher cognition, embodied and extended cognition, mechanistic and functional explanation, and modelling practices in the mind/brain sciences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0521740207
• ISBN 13: 9780521740203
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 330