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Libro 19 di 48: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

Rowlands, Mark

 
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Sinossi

This book offers a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes.

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Recensione

"His writing is clear, and the position advanced is important for professional psychologists as well as philosophers of mind." Choice

"The book certainly merits atttention. It brings together some very diverse material, bearing on externalism about the mind, and makes use of it in a distinctive way." Philosophical Review

Descrizione del libro

In this book, Mark Rowlands challenges the Cartesian view of the mind as a self-contained monadic entity, and offers in its place a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes. His innovative analysis provides a foundation for an unorthodox but increasingly popular view of the nature of cognition.

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