Evolution, Rationality and Cognition: A Cognitive Science for the Twenty-First Century - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0415591600 ISBN 13: 9780415591607

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2010

Riassunto

Evolutionary thinking has expanded in the last decades, spreading from its traditional stronghold – the explanation of speciation and adaptation in biology - to new domains. Fascinating pieces of work, the essays in this collection attest to the illuminating power of evolutionary thinking when applied to the understanding of the human mind.

The contributors to Cognition, Evolution and Rationality use an evolutionary standpoint to approach the nature of the human mind, including both cognitive and behavioural functions. Cognitive science is by its nature an interdisciplinary subject and the essays in this collection investigate the workings of the mind through a variety of disciplines including the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind, game theory, robotics and computational neuroanatomy. Topics covered range from general methodological issues to long-standing philosophical problems such as how rational human beings actually are.

With contributions from leading experts in the areas involved, this book will be of interest across a number of fields, including philosophy, evolutionary theory and cognitive science.

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Informazioni sull'autore

António Zilhão is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Lisbon.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415591600
• ISBN 13: 9780415591607
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: Zilhao Antonio
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania