Philosophy of Psychology And Cognitive Science - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0444515402 ISBN 13: 9780444515407

Casa editrice: North-Holland, 2006

Riassunto

Psychology is the study of thinking, and cognitive science is the interdisciplinary investigation of mind and intelligence that also includes philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. In these investigations, many philosophical issues arise concerning methods and central concepts. The Handbook of Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science contains 16 essays by leading philosophers of science that illuminate the nature of the theories and explanations used in the investigation of minds.

Topics discussed include representation, mechanisms, reduction, perception, consciousness, language, emotions, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology.

Key Features

- Comprehensive coverage of philosophy of psychology and cognitive science

- Distinguished contributors: leading philosophers in this area

- All contributions closely tied to relevant scientific research

- Contributions clearly written for an interdisciplinary audience

- Contributions are long and thorough

Key Features

- Comprehensive coverage of philosophy of psychology and cognitive science

- Distinguished contributors: leading philosophers in this area

- All contributions closely tied to relevant scientific research

- Contributions clearly written for an interdisciplinary audience

- Contributions are long and thorough

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dov M. Gabbay is Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London. He has authored over four hundred and fifty research papers and over thirty research monographs. He is editor of several international Journals, and many reference works and Handbooks of Logic.

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Psychology is the study of thinking, and cognitive science is the interdisciplinary investigation of mind and intelligence that also includes philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience,linguistics, and anthropology. In these investigations, many
philosophical issues arise concerning methods and central concepts.

The Handbook of Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science contains 16 essays by leading philosophers of science that illuminate the nature of the theories and explanations used in the investigation of minds.

Topics discussed include representation, mechanisms, reduction, perception, consciousness, language, emotions, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology.|Psychology is the study of thinking, and cognitive science is the interdisciplinary investigation of mind and intelligence that also includes philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience,linguistics, and anthropology. In these investigations, many
philosophical issues arise concerning methods and central concepts.

The Handbook of Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science contains 16 essays by leading philosophers of science that illuminate the nature of the theories and explanations used in the investigation of minds.

Topics discussed include representation, mechanisms, reduction, perception, consciousness, language, emotions, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: North-Holland
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0444515402
• ISBN 13: 9780444515407
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 502
• Redattore: Thagard Paul
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile