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The philosophy of psychology / George Botterill and Peter Carruthers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Botterill, George.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology--Philosophy.
- Psychology.
- Psychological Theory.
- Cognition.
- Cognitive Science.
- Philosophy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychological Theory.
- Cognition.
- Cognitive Science.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book presents an original and accessible analysis of the relationship between common-sense, or 'folk', psychology and contemporary scientific psychology, focussing on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our common-sense self image. It is designed as a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and beginning postgraduate students in philosophy and cognitive science. As a text that not only surveys but advances the debates on the topics discussed, it will also be of interest to researchers working in these areas.
- Contents:
- Introduction: some background
- Folk-psychological commitments
- Modularity and nativism
- Mind-reading
- Reasoning and irrationality
- Content for psychology
- Content naturalised
- Forms of representation
- Consciousness: the final frontier?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-289) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0521551110
- 0521559154
- OCLC:
- 40693236
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