The Philosophy of Psychology / Edition 1

The Philosophy of Psychology / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0521559154
ISBN-13:
9780521559157
Pub. Date:
08/19/1999
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521559154
ISBN-13:
9780521559157
Pub. Date:
08/19/1999
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The Philosophy of Psychology / Edition 1

The Philosophy of Psychology / Edition 1

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Overview

This book presents an original and accessible analysis of the relationship between commonsense, or "folk," psychology and contemporary scientific psychology, focusing on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our commonsense self-image. It is designed as a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and beginning postgraduate students in philosophy and cognitive science, but as a text that not only surveys but advances the debates on the topics discussed, it will also be of interest to researchers working in these areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521559157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 08/19/1999
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: some background; 2. Folk-psychological commitments; 3. Modularity and nativism; 4. Mind-reading; 5. Reasoning and irrationality; 6. Content for psychology; 7. Content naturalised; 8. Forms of representation; 9. Consciousness: the final frontier?; References; Index of names; Index of subjects.

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Colin Allen

George Botterill and Peter Carruthers has written a cutting-edge that will intellectually stimulate students and their instructors. The Philosophy of Psychology is more than a textbook.... this philosophy of mind will give this book a life outside the classroom in professional discussion about the ability of psychology to provide naturalistic theories of even the most recalcitrant mental phenomena.
—Colin Allen, Texas University

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