The mind as a scientific object : between brain and culture / edited by Christina E. Erneling and David Martel Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erneling, Christina E., 1951-

Johnson, David Martel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive science.

Intellect--Social aspects.

Intellect.

Cognition--Social aspects.

Cognition.

Cognitiewetenschap.

Local Subjects:

Cognitiewetenschap.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xiii, 549 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]

Summary:

"What holds together the various fields that are supposed to constitute the general intellectual discipline that people now call cognitive science? In this book, Christina Erneling and David Martel Johnson identify two problems with defining this discipline. First, some theorists identify the common subject matter as the mind, but scientists and philosophers have not been able to agree on any single, satisfactory answer to the question of what the mind is. Second, those who speculate about the general characteristics that belong to cognitive science tend to assume that all the particular fields falling under the rubric - psychology, linguistics, biology, and so on - are of roughly equal value in their ability to shed light on the nature of mind. This book argues that all the cognitive science disciplines are not equally able to provide answers to ontological questions about the mind, but rather that only neurophysiology and cultural psychology are suited to answer these questions."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Can Cognitive Science Locate and Provide a Correct Account of the Mind's Center? Progress Toward the Literal / David Martel Johnson

Where Are We at Present, and How Did We Get There?

Introduction / Christina E. Erneling

The Relevance of the Philosophy of Psychology to a Science of Psychology / Rom Harre

Mind as a Scientific Object: A Historical-Philosophical Exploration / Thomas Hardy Leahey

The Emergence of Minds in Space and Time / Jagdish Hattiangadi

Is the Mind a Scientific Object of Study? Lessons from History / Otniel E. Dror

Is the Study of Mind Continuous with the Rest of Science?

Introduction / David Martel Johnson

Psychology as Engineering / Thomas Hardy Leahey

Epistemic Dualism / Gunther S. Stent

Mind, Brain, and Culture / David R. Olson

Chalmers's Naturalistic Dualism: The Irrelevance of the Mind-Body Problem to the Scientific Study of Consciousness / Don Ross

Emergence and Efficacy / William Seager

Eliminative Materialism: Sound or Mistaken?

A Particularly Compelling Refutation of Eliminative Materialism / William G. Lycan

Commonsense Refutations of Eliminativism / Ausonio Marras

What Does It Take to Be a True Believer? Against the Opulent Ideology of Eliminative Materialism / David Henderson, Terry Horgan

Connectionism and the Propositional Attitudes / Barbara Von Eckardt

Is "Mind" Just Another Name for the Brain and What the Brain Does?

Introduction / Christina E. Erneling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0195139321

9780195139327

019513933X

9780195139334

OCLC:

52001775

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