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Representation in cognitive science / Nicholas Shea.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shea, Nicholas, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental representation.
- Cognitive science.
- Cognition.
- Philosophy.
- Cognitive Science.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cognition.
- Philosophy.
- Cognitive Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How can we think about things in the outside world? There is still no widely accepted theory of how mental representations get their meaning. In light of pioneering research, Nicholas Shea develops a naturalistic account of the nature of mental representation with a firm focus on the subpersonal representations that pervade the cognitive sciences.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Framework
- 3. Functions for representation
- 4. Correlational information
- 5. Structural correspondence
- 6. Standard objections
- 7. Descriptive and directive representation
- 8. How content explains.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 20, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 9780192542205
- 0192542206
- 9780191850677
- 0191850675
- 9780192542199
- 0192542192
- OCLC:
- 1053888145
- Publisher Number:
- https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198812883.001.0001
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