Cognitive ontology : taxonomic practices in the mind-brain sciences / Muhammad Ali Khalidi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalidi, Muhammad Ali (Professor of philosophy), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive science.

Cognitive psychology.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 271 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The search for the 'furniture of the mind' has acquired added impetus with the rise of new technologies to study the brain and identify its main structures and processes. Philosophers and scientists are increasingly concerned to understand the ways in which psychological functions relate to brain structures. Meanwhile, the taxonomic practices of cognitive scientists are coming under increased scrutiny, as researchers ask which of them identify the real kinds of cognition and which are mere vestiges of folk psychology. Muhammad Ali Khalidi present a naturalistic account of 'real kinds' to validate some central taxonomic categories in the cognitive domain, including concepts, episodic memory, innateness, domain specificity, and cognitive bias. He argues that cognitive kinds are often individuated relationally, with reference to the environment and etiology of the thinking subject, whereas neural kinds tend to be individuated intrinsically, resulting in crosscutting relationships among cognitive and neural categories.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 31, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781009223645

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.