Microgenetic theory and process thought / Jason W. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Jason W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information theory in psychology.

Cognitive psychology.

Cognition--Philosophy.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Distribution:

La Vergne, Tennessee : Ingram Book Company, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Exeter, England : Imprint Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The chapters in this volume attempt to establish some foundational principles of a theory of the mind/brain grounded in evolutionary and process theory. From this standpoint, the book discusses some main problems in philosophical psychology, including the nature and origins of the mind/brain state, experience and consciousness, feeling, subjective time and free will. The approach - that of microgenesis - holds that formative phases in the generation of the mental state are the primary focus ...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Epigraph; Preface; Body matter; Chapter 1. The Mind/Brain State: Nature; Chapter 2. The Mind/Brain State: Origins; Chapter 3. Experience; Chapter 4. What is Consciousness?; Chapter 5. Feeling; Chapter 6. Thinking; Chapter 7. Novelty and Causation; Chapter 8. Certainty and Conviction; Chapter 9. Psychology of Free Will; Theoretical Note 1. Probability and Potential; Theoretical Note 2. On Truth; Theoretical Note 3. On the Direction of Time; Theoretical Note 4. Origins of Religious Belief; Back matter; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 8, 2015).

ISBN:

1-84540-813-6

1-84540-812-8