Representational Mind
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Understanding The Representational Mind
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Author : Josef Perner
language : en
Publisher: Bradford Books
Release Date : 1993
Understanding The Representational Mind written by Josef Perner and has been published by Bradford Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Psychology categories.
A model of writing in cognitive development, Understanding the Representational Mind synthesizes the burgeoning literature on the child's theory of mind to provide an integrated account of children's understanding of representational and mental processes, which is crucial in their acquisition of our commonsense psychology.
The Representational And The Presentational
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Author : Benny Shanon
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2013-12-03
The Representational And The Presentational written by Benny Shanon and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-03 with Psychology categories.
In this wide-ranging book the author presents his critique of the contemporary portrayal of cognition, an analysis of the conceptual foundations of cognitive science and a proposal for a new concept of the mind. Shanon argues that the representational account is seriously lacking and that far from serving as a basis of cognitive activity, representations are the products of such activity. He proposes an alternative view of the mind in which the basic capability of the cognitive system is not the manipulation of symbols but rather action in the world. His book offers a different outlook on the phenomenon of consciousness and presents a new conception of psychological theory and explanation. This revised second edition includes a new Postscript.
Representational Mind
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Author : Richard E. Aquila
language : en
Publisher: Studies in Phenomenology and E
Release Date : 1983
Representational Mind written by Richard E. Aquila and has been published by Studies in Phenomenology and E this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Philosophy categories.
Ten Problems Of Consciousness
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Author : Michael Tye
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1997-01-22
Ten Problems Of Consciousness written by Michael Tye and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-22 with Psychology categories.
Can neurophysiology ever reveal to us what it is like to smell a skunk or to experience pain? In what does the feeling of happiness consist? How is it that changes in the white and gray matter composing our brains generate subjective sensations and feelings? These are several of the questions that Michael Tye addresses, while formulating a new and enlightening theory about the phenomenal "what it feels like" aspect of consciousness. The test of any such theory, according to Tye, lies in how well it handles ten critical problems of consciousness. Tye argues that all experiences and all feelings represent things, and that their phenomenal aspects are to be understood in terms of what they represent. He develops this representational approach to consciousness in detail with great ingenuity and originality. In the book's first part Tye lays out the domain, the ten problems and an associated paradox, along with all the theories currently available and the difficulties they face. In part two, he develops his intentionalist approach to consciousness. Special summaries are provided in boxes and the ten problems are illustrated with cartoons. A Bradford Book Representation and Mind series
The Representational Theory Of Mind
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Author : Kim Sterelny
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Representational Theory Of Mind written by Kim Sterelny and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
The Representational Theory Of Mind
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Author : Kim Sterelny
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1991-01-08
The Representational Theory Of Mind written by Kim Sterelny and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-08 with Philosophy categories.
This book is not a conventional introduction to the philosophy of mind, nor is it a contribution to the physicalist/ dualist debate. Instead The Representational Theory of Mind demonstrates that we can construct physicalist theories of important aspects of our mental life. Its aim is to explain and defend a physicalist theory of intelligence in two parts: the first six chapters consist of an exposition, elaboration and defence of human sentience (the functionalist theory of mind), and the second part considers rivals and objections to this theory. Kim Sterelny aims to introduce people to this area of philosophy be exemplifying it, to show that philosophical and empirical investigations can be synthesized to the benefit of both. It is both introduction and argument, explanation and manifesto and succeeds in bridging the widening gap between student primer and contemporary research. Technical vocabulary is explained (and defined in a glossary) while the leading edge of current debates is confronted and assessed. This book has been written for people working in philosophy, psychology and the cognitive sciences.
Representational Content And The Objects Of Thought
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Author : Nicholas Rimell
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Representational Content And The Objects Of Thought written by Nicholas Rimell and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Philosophy categories.
This book defends a novel view of mental representation—of how, as thinkers, we represent the world as being. The book serves as a response to two problems in the philosophy of mind. One is the problem of first-personal, or egocentric, belief: how can we have truly first personal beliefs—beliefs in which we think about ourselves as ourselves—given that beliefs are supposed to be attitudes towards propositions and that propositions are supposed to have their truth values independent of a perspective? The other problem is how we can think about nonexistents (e.g., Santa Claus) given the widespread view that thought essentially involves a relation between a thinker and whatever is being thought about. The standard responses to this puzzle are either to deny that thought is essentially relational or to insist that it is possible to stand in relations to nonexistents. This book offers an error theory to the problem. The responses from this book arise from the same commitment: a commitment to treating talk of propositions—as the things towards which our beliefs are attitudes—as talk of entities that actually exist and that play a constitutive and explanatory role in the activity of thought.
The Brain S Representational Power
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Author : Cyriel M.A. Pennartz
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2015-09-18
The Brain S Representational Power written by Cyriel M.A. Pennartz and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-18 with Science categories.
A neuroscientifically informed theory arguing that the core of qualitative conscious experience arises from the integration of sensory and cognitive modalities. Although science has made considerable progress in discovering the neural basis of cognitive processes, how consciousness arises remains elusive. In this book, Cyriel Pennartz analyzes which aspects of conscious experience can be peeled away to access its core: the “hardest” aspect, the relationship between brain processes and the subjective, qualitative nature of consciousness. Pennartz traces the problem back to its historical roots in the foundations of neuroscience and connects early ideas on sensory processing to contemporary computational neuroscience. What can we learn from neural network models, and where do they fall short in bridging the gap between neural processes and conscious experience? Do neural models of cognition resemble inanimate systems, and how can this help us define requirements for conscious processing in the brain? These questions underlie Pennartz's examination of the brain's anatomy and neurophysiology. The perspective of his account is not limited to visual perception but broadened to include other sensory modalities and their integration. Formulating a representational theory of the neural basis of consciousness, Pennartz outlines properties that complex structures must express to process information consciously. This theoretical framework is constructed using empirical findings from neuropsychology and neuroscience as well as such theoretical arguments as the Cuneiform Room and the Wall Street Banker. Positing that qualitative experience is a multimodal and multilevel phenomenon at its very roots, Pennartz places this body of theory in the wider context of mind-brain philosophy, examining implications for our thinking about animal and robot consciousness.
Representations Targets And Attitudes
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Author : Robert Cummins
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1996
Representations Targets And Attitudes written by Robert Cummins and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Philosophy categories.
What is it for something in the mind to represent something? Distinguished philosopher of mind Robert Cummins looks at the familiar problems of representation theory (what information is represented in the mind, what form mental representation takes, how representational schemes are implemented in the brain, what it is for one thing to represent another) from an unprecedented angle. Instead of following the usual procedure of defending a version of "indicator" semantics, Cummins begins with a theory of representational error and uses this theory to constrain the account of representational content. Thus, the problem of misrepresentation, which plagues all other accounts, is avoided at the start. Cummins shows that representational error can be accommodated only if the content of a representation is intrinsic--independent of its use and causal role in the system that employs it. Cummins's theory of error is based on the teleological idea of a "target," an intentional concept but one that differs importantly from that of an ordinary intentional object. Using this notion he offers a schematic theory of representation and an account of propositional attitudes that takes exception with some popular positions, such as conceptual role semantics, Fodor's representational theory of the mind, and Putnam's twin-earth examples. A Bradford Book. Representation and Mind series
Representation Reconsidered
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Author : William M. Ramsey
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-06-21
Representation Reconsidered written by William M. Ramsey and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-21 with Philosophy categories.
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