Robert A. Wilson

Boundaries of the Mind (eBook, PDF)

The Individual in the Fragile Sciences - Cognition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Where does the mind begin and end? Most philosophers and cognitive scientists take the view that the mind is bounded by the skull or skin of the individual. Robert Wilson, in this provocative and challenging 2004 book, provides the foundations for the view that the mind extends beyond the boundary of the individual. The approach adopted offers a unique blend of traditional philosophical analysis, cognitive science, and the history of psychology and the human sciences. A forthcoming companion volume Genes and the Agents of Life will explore the theme in the biological sciences. Written with verve and clarity, this ambitious book will appeal to a broad swathe of professionals and students in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and the history of the behavioural and human sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511208294
• Artikelnr.: 38185232

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Wilson is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Disciplining the Individual and the Mind: 1. The individual in the fragile sciences
2. Individuals, psychology and the mind
3. Nativism on my mind
Part II. Individualism and Externalism in the Philosophy of Mind and the Cognitive Sciences: 4. Individualism: philosophical foundations
5. Metaphysics, mind and science: two views of realization
6. Context-sensitive realizations
7. Representation, computation and cognitive science
Part III. Thinking through and beyond the Body: 8. The embedded mind and cognition
9. Expanding consciousness
10. Intentionality and phenomenology
Part IV. The Cognitive Metaphor in the Biological and Social Sciences: 11. Group minds in historical perspective
12. The group mind hypothesis in contemporary biology and social science
Notes
References
Index.