James Russell

Agency

Its Role In Mental Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The idea behind this book is that developing a conception of the physical world and a conception of mind is impossible without the exercise of agency.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781138876965
• ISBN-10: 1138876968
• Artikelnr.: 42794038

Autorenporträt

James Russell

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Symbols, Models and Connections. Symbol-Processing and "the language
of thought". Mental Models. Connectionism. Why Connectionism is the
Representational Theory Best Places to Model Action. "Working from the
Outside in". Part 2 Knowledge of Objects Self-world Dualism and the
Waterdown Piaget. The Four Features and the Experience of Agency. What the
Four Features Give Us. Self-locating Thought and "Externatlity". Search,
Dishabituation and "Representation Permanance" in Infancy. Answering Some
Objections. Some Empirical Issues. Computational Modelling of Object
Permanence. Part 3 Action and Our Knowledge of Minds. Mental Unity. Bodily-
awareness, Selfhood and Ownership. Agency and the Acquisition of a "Theory
of Mind". "Executive" Versus "Theory-theory" Accounts of Developmental
Transitions - the 6-7 transition and the 3-4 Tranistion. Autism, Executive
Dysfunctions and "Mind Blindness".