Microcognition - Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Parallel Distributed Processing

Microcognition provides a clear, readable guide to parallel distributed processing from a cognitive philosopher's point of view.

List of contents

Introduction: what the brain's-eye view tells the mind's-eye view. Part 1 The mind's-eye view: classical cognitivism; situation and substance; folk psychology, thought, and context; biological constraints. Part 2 The brain's-eye view: parallel distributed processing; informational holism; the multiplicity of mind - a limited defence of classical cognitivism; structured through; reassembling the jigsaw. Epilogue: The parable of the high-level architect. Appendix: Beyond eliminativism.

About the author

Andy Clark is Doctor of Philosophy at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.

Summary

Microcognition provides a clear, readable guide to parallel distributed processing from a cognitive philosopher's point of view.

Product details

• Authors: Andy Clark, Andy (University of Edinburgh) Clark
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.1991
• EAN: 9780262530958
• ISBN: 978-0-262-53095-8
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Bradford Books; Explorations in Cognitive Science; Microcognition; Explorations in Cognitive Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works