Knowledge and representation / edited by Albert Newen, Andreas Bartels & Eva-Maria Jung.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Newen, Albert.
• Bartels, Andreas, 1953-
• Jung, Eva-Maria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cognition--Philosophy.
• Philosophy and cognitive science.
• Knowledge, Theory of.
• Representation (Philosophy).
• Cognition.

Physical Description:

ix, 242 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications, [2011]

Summary:

This compilation of cutting-edge philosophical and scientific research comprises a survey of recent interdisciplinary research on cognitive systems, especially concerning knowing-how (Part I: Knowledge) and the role of mental representations in understanding the behavior of humans and animals (Part II: Representation). Representational systems provide their owners with useful information about their environment and are shaped by the special informational needs of the organism with respect to its environment. In Part I on knowledge the volume focuses on recent debates concerning the status of knowing-how. Is knowing-how an irreducible kind of knowledge, or can it be explained in terms of propositional knowledge? In which way is the nature of knowing-how related to the discussions on represational theories of mind? These are the questions that take center stage in the first part. Representational systems provide their owners with useful information about their environment and are shaped by the special informational needs of the organism with respect to its environment. In Part II, the authors address the long-standing dispute about the usefulness of the notion of representation in the study of behavior systems and offer a fresh perspective combining insights from philosophy, psychology and neurosciences. Book jacket.

Contents:

• 1 Knowledge and Representation in the Recent Discussion: An Introduction / Andreas Bartels Bartels, Andreas, Eva-Maria Jung Jung, Eva-Maria, Albert Newen Newen, Albert 1
• Part I: Knowledge 21
• 2 Intellectualism as Cognitive Science / Martin Roth Roth, Martin, Robert Cummins Cummins, Robert 23
• 3 Intellectualism and the Language of Thought: A Reply to Roth and Cummins / Jason Stanley Stanley, Jason 41
• 4 Irreducible Forms of Knowledge-How in Patients with Visuomotor Pathologies: An Argument against Intellectualism / Garry Young Young, Garry 51
• 5 Understanding Knowledge in a New Framework: Against Intellectualism as a Semantic Analysis and an Analysis of the Mind / Eva-Maria Jung Jung, Eva-Maria, Albert Newen Newen, Albert 79
• Part II Representation 107
• 6 Representation in Analog Computation / Gerard O'brien O'brien, Gerard, Jon Opie Opie, Jon 109
• 7 Representing Time of Day in Circadian Clocks / William Bechtel Bechtel, William 129
• 8 The Explanatory Value of Representations in Cognitive Neuroscience / Kai Vogeley Vogeley, Kai, Andreas Bartels Bartels, Andreas 163
• 9 Varieties of Representation / Gottfried Vosgerau Vosgerau, Gottfried 185
• 10 Why Cognitive Neuroscience Should Adopt a "Pragmatic Stance" / Andreas K. Engel Engel, Andreas K. 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1575866307
• 9781575866314
• 1575866315

OCLC:

708762085

Publisher Number:

99945996395