James Russell

Agency (eBook, ePUB)

Its Role In Mental Development

• Format: ePub

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
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134832095
• Artikelnr.: 40186380

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".