Mind as Metaphor shows that mental fictionalism can make sense of our concept of mind, avoiding the difficulties faced by alternative approaches, such as behaviourism or instrumentalism. Adam Toon sheds light on a range of issues, from the mind's capacity to represent the world to the way in which new practices expand the limits of inquiry
Mind as Metaphor shows that mental fictionalism can make sense of our concept of mind, avoiding the difficulties faced by alternative approaches, such as behaviourism or instrumentalism. Adam Toon sheds light on a range of issues, from the mind's capacity to represent the world to the way in which new practices expand the limits of inquiryHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Adam Toon is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. He studied at King's College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics. After his PhD, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bielefeld in Germany and holder of a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship. He is the author of Models as Make-Believe: Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and co-editor (with Tamás Demeter and Ted Parent) of Mental Fictionalism: Philosophical Explorations (Routledge, 2022).
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Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The story of the ghost in the machine 1: Making Up Minds 2: Contrasts, causes, and consciousness 3: Minds and representations 4: Minds and materials 5: Inquiring minds Epilogue: An uneasy presence References
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The story of the ghost in the machine 1: Making Up Minds 2: Contrasts, causes, and consciousness 3: Minds and representations 4: Minds and materials 5: Inquiring minds Epilogue: An uneasy presence References
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