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Neuropsychology and philosophy of mind in process : essays in honor of Jason W. Brown / Maria Pachalska and Michel Weber (eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Process Thought
- Process thought ; v. 18
- Process Thought ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neuropsychiatry--Philosophy.
- Neuropsychiatry.
- Higher nervous activity.
- Cognition.
- Brown, Jason W.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (450 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume celebrates the life achievements of Jason W. Brown, who, along with Jean Piaget, Heinz Werner, Alexander Luria and the Würzburg school, has significantly contributed to the development of a process-based theory of brain/mind capable of challenging the currently fashionable modularist or cybernetic approaches to understanding human thought and feeling. As a paradigm, Brown's microgenetic theory is thus applicable in both brain science (where Brown was inspired by the pioneering work of Schilder and Pick) and the philosophy of mind (where the influence of Bergson, Whitehead, Cassirer
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Papers in honor of Jason W. Brown
- pt. 2. Biography of Jason W. Brown.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-11-032943-3
- OCLC:
- 1013945577
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