Mind in everyday life and cognitive science / Sunny Y. Auyang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Auyang, Sunny Y.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive science.

Intellect.

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

viii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2000]

Summary:

At the heart of Auyang's model is the mind that opens to the world and makes it intelligible. A person with an open mind feels, thinks, recognizes, believes, doubts, anticipates, fears, speaks, and listens, and is aware of "I," together with "it" and "thou," Cognitive scientists refer to the "binding problem," the question of how myriad unconscious processes combine into the unity of consciousness. Auyang approaches the problem from the other end--by starting with everyday experience rather than with the mental infrastructure. In so doing, she shows both how analyses of experiences can help to advance cognitive science and how cognitive science can help us to understand ourselves as autonomous subjects.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [489]-508) and index.

ISBN:

0262011816

OCLC:

44885354