Mental symbols : a defence of the classical theory of mind / by Peter Novak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novak, Peter, 1937-

Series:

Studies in cognitive systems ; v. 19.

Studies in cognitive systems ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

xxii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1997]

Summary:

Mental Symbols is an essay on mind and meaning, on the biological implementation of mental symbols, on the architecture of mind, and on the correct construal of logical properties and relations of symbols, including implication and inference. The book argues against the main contemporary trends in the cognitive sciences, preferring rather the classical early-modern tradition. The author looks at some logical paradoxes in the light of that tradition, and offers a novel answer to the problem of the biological implementation of the mind in the brain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-257) and index.

ISBN:

0792343700

OCLC:

36008525