Roberto Casati

The Cognitive Life of Maps

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Produktbeschreibung

"An examination of the "mapness of maps" authored by a philosopher and cognitive scientist well known for his work on spatial representation"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 227mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780262547086
• ISBN-10: 0262547082
• Artikelnr.: 70104263

Autorenporträt

Roberto Casati

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
An Overview 1
1 A Toolbox and the Mechanics 11
2 The Central Features of Maps: Systematicity, Hypergenerativity 41
3 Pictures and Maps, Pictures as Maps, and Some Other Maps 83
4 Maps, Navigation, and Situation: Red Dots, Green Dots 109
5 Maps and Models 133
6 Clockfaces 151
7 Music Notation as Map 167
8 Organizers as Maps 181
9 Concluding Remarks: The Cognitivie Life of Maps 201
Appendix: Maps in the Brain? 213
Notes 217
References 225
Index 239