Concepts are how we classify things in the world and organize our knowledge about them. But concepts also lead us astray, driving lazy overgeneralizations and housing unpleasant prejudices. This book draws on the latest scientific research to construct a philosophical theory of how concepts do the job of structuring the way we see the world.
Concepts are how we classify things in the world and organize our knowledge about them. But concepts also lead us astray, driving lazy overgeneralizations and housing unpleasant prejudices. This book draws on the latest scientific research to construct a philosophical theory of how concepts do the job of structuring the way we see the world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Nicholas Shea is Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, University of London and an associate member of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. He is an interdisciplinary philosopher of mind, and of psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and cognitive science. He went into philosophy after a brief career as an intellectual property barrister, following a degree in mathematics at Oxford. He completed his MA at Birkbeck and PhD at King's College London, worked as a postdoctoral then senior research fellow in Oxford, then returned to London, first at King's then at the Institute of Philosophy. As well as philosophical work on mental representation, inheritance systems, consciousness, AI, and the metaphysics of mind, he has published in scientific journals in collaboration with psychologists, biologists, and researchers in cognitive neuroscience.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Thinking with Concepts 2: Representational Structure 3: Computational Processes 4: Informational Models 5: Concepts as an Interface 6: The Frame Problem and the If-Then Problem 7: Drawing on Meaning 8: Metacognition 9: Concluding Thoughts
1: Thinking with Concepts 2: Representational Structure 3: Computational Processes 4: Informational Models 5: Concepts as an Interface 6: The Frame Problem and the If-Then Problem 7: Drawing on Meaning 8: Metacognition 9: Concluding Thoughts
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