Construction of Reality

Klappentext This book presents an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around them. Zusammenfassung This book presents an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around them. It is a major expansion of the Gifford Lectures delivered by the authors at the University of Edinburgh in the autumn of 1983. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Posing the problem; 2. The intelligence of the artificial; 3. Schema theory; 4. Relating mind and brain; 5. Freedom; 6. Freud on psychology and religion; 7. Schemas: from the individual to the social; 8. Language, metaphor, and a new epistemology; 9. Interpretation and reality; 10. Religion as social schemas; 11. The great schemas; 12. Secular schemas; References; Author index; Subject index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael A. Arbib, Michael A. Hesse Arbib, Mary B. Hesse
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.11.1986
• EAN: 9780521326896
• ISBN: 978-0-521-32689-6
• Pages: 300
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires