Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychology

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Weiskopf is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and an associate faculty member in the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University. He has published numerous articles and chapters on concepts and mental representation, the structure of higher cognition, embodied and extended cognition, mechanistic and functional explanation, and modelling practices in the mind/brain sciences. Fred Adams is Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. He has published over 100 articles or chapters in philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, and other areas of cognitive science. Klappentext An accessible exploration of the major philosophical issues in psychology, drawing upon detailed case studies and the latest empirical research. Zusammenfassung Psychology strives to give a scientific account of how the mind works. This book explains how a science of mind is possible through detailed case studies of perception and action! consciousness! attention! social cognition! language! and higher thought! as well as the relationship between mind! brain! body! and world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What psychology is; 2. Autonomy and reduction in psychology; 3. Modularity and cognitive architecture; 4. Nativism, development, and change; 5. Beyond the brain and body; 6. Perception and action; 7. Attention and consciousness; 8. The social mind; 9. Thought and language.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Adams, Adams Fred, Kenneth Aizawa, Daniel Weiskopf, Daniel (Georgia State University) Adams Weiskopf, Daniel Adams Weiskopf, Weiskopf Daniel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2015
• EAN: 9780521519298
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51929-8
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy; Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints