Attitudes, Chaos and the Connectionist Mind

Informationen zum Autor J. Richard Eiser is the author of Attitudes, Chaos and the Connectionist Mind, published by Wiley. Klappentext This book presents a broad ranging and fascinating examination of attitudes: how we form them! how we organize them towards others. Beginning with more traditional views of attitudes from the philosophy of Hume through early psychological writings to more recent research in connectionism and cognitive science! the author argues that human attitudes should not be regarded as simple evaluative judgments but rather as part of a more complex dynamic system. Zusammenfassung The central theme of this book is how we form and organize our attitudes. The author traces more traditional views of attitudes from the philosophy of Hume through early psychological writings to more recent research in connectionism and cognitive science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. A Brief History of Attitude Research 2. Mind and Body 3. Experience and Identity 4. Mind and Behaviour 5. Observation and Reality 6. Expression and Shared Experience 7. Attitudes and Social Reality 8. Changing Shapes 9. The Makings of Mind 10. The Emergent Self.

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• Authors: J. Richard Eiser, J. Richard (University of Sheffield Eiser, Jr Eiser, Eiser J. Richard
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.1993
• EAN: 9780631191315
• ISBN: 978-0-631-19131-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology