{"product_id":"contemporary-debates-in-cognitive-science-hardback-9781405113045","title":"Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science (Hardback) 9781405113045","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContemporary Debates in Cognitive Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert J. Stainton (Edited by), RJ Stainton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405113045, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 March 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 17.5 x 3.2 cm, 0.822 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eContemporary Debates in Cognitive Science\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to debates in the philosophy of cognitive science. Many of this volume's 18 previously unpublished papers also provide overviews of recent work by the authors, so this would also be a good choice for those who would like to keep up with the latest thinking of many leaders in the field.\" \u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable volume. It’s an excellent text for upper division courses, and it also makes important original contributions to research on a number of “hot” topics in cognitive science.\" \u003ci\u003eStephen Stich, Rutgers University\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an impressive collection of papers by a very strong group of philosophers. Students of philosophy and cognitive science will find that this book afffords a valuable introduction to a range of problems that are both basic and important. Experts will find that the papers make new and significant contributions to living debates. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the nature of mind and in the prospects for scientific understanding of its nature.\" \u003ci\u003eAlva Noë, University of Caifornia, Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume introduces central issues in cognitive science by means of debates on key questions. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe debates are written by renowned experts in the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe debates cover the middle ground as well as the extremes\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses topics such as the amount of innate knowledge, bounded rationality and the role of perception in action.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides valuable overview of the field in a clear and easily comprehensible form.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJust How Modular Is The Mind?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Case for Massively Modular Models of Mind Peter Carruthers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Is the Mind Really Modular? Jesse Prinz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Is the Human Mind Massively Modular? Richard Samuels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Much Knowledge Of Language Is Innate?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Irrational Nativist Exhuberance Geoff Pullum and Barbara Scholz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Case for Linguistic Nativism Robert Matthews.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. On the Innateness of Language James A. McGilvray.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHas cognitive science shown that human beings are cognitively bounded, or irrational?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Bounded and Rational Gerd Gigerenzer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Bounded Rationality and the Enlightenment Picture of Cognitive Virtue David Matheson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre rules and representations necessary to explain systematicity?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Cognition Needs Syntax but not Rules Terrence Horgan and John Tienson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Phenomena and Mechanisms: Putting the Symbolic, Connectionist, and Dynamical Systems Debate in Broader Perspective Bill Bechtel and Adele Abrahamsen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan consciousness and qualia be reduced?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Consciousness and Qualia Can Be Reduced William Lycan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Consciousness and Qualia Cannot Be Reduced Brie Gertler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes cognitive science need external content at all?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Locating Meaning in the Mind (Where It Belongs) Ray Jackendoff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Intentional Inexistence of Language Georges Rey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs the aim of perception to provide accurate representations?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? Kirk Ludwig.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? A Case for the ‘No’ Side Chris Viger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan mental states, knowledge in particular, be divided into a narrow component and a broad component?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Can Cognition be Factorised into Internal and External Components? Tim Williamson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Internal and External Components of Cognition Ralph Wedgwood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437748285720,"sku":"9781405113045","price":95.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405113045.jpg?v=1784937702","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contemporary-debates-in-cognitive-science-hardback-9781405113045","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}