{"product_id":"the-body-in-mind-understanding-cognitive-processes-hardback-9780521652742","title":"The Body in Mind; Understanding Cognitive Processes (Hardback) 9780521652742","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Body in Mind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUnderstanding Cognitive Processes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Rowlands (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521652742, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 November 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.5 x 14.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.435 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\"The book certainly merits atttention.  It brings together some very diverse material, bearing on externalism about the mind, and makes use of it in a distinctive way.\"   Philosophical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Mark Rowlands challenges the Cartesian view of the mind as a self-contained monadic entity, and offers in its place a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes. Cognition is not something done exclusively in the head, but fundamentally something done in the world. Drawing on both evolutionary theory and a detailed examination of the processes involved in perception, memory, thought and language use, Rowlands argues that cognition is, in part, a process whereby creatures manipulate and exploit relevant objects in their environment. It is not simply an internal process of information processing; equally significantly, it is an external process of information processing. This innovative book provides a foundation for an unorthodox but increasingly popular view of the nature of cognition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: 'a picture held us captive'\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Psychotechtonics: 2. Introduction to part I: 'don't work hard, work smart'\u003cbr\u003e 3. Environmentalism and what it is not\u003cbr\u003e 4. Environmentalism and evolution\u003cbr\u003e 5. Perception\u003cbr\u003e 6. Memory\u003cbr\u003e 7. Thought\u003cbr\u003e 8. Language\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Psychosemantics: 9. Introduction to part II: the need for and the place of a theory of representation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Two theories of representation\u003cbr\u003e 11. Environmentalism and teleological semantics\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cognition%20\u0026amp;%20cognitive%20psychology%20%5BJMR%5D%22\"\u003eJMR\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of mind [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of mind\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20mind%20%5BHPM%5D%22\"\u003eHPM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251981340952,"sku":"9780521652742","price":115.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521652742i.jpg?v=1691927793","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-body-in-mind-understanding-cognitive-processes-hardback-9780521652742","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}