The Foundations of Cognitive Science

by João Branquinho

Overview

Written by a stellar group of internationally renowned scholars, this work gathers thirteen new essays on key topics in the lively, interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. Philosophers, psychologists, and neurologists come together to investigate such fascinating subjects as the neural basis of language, cognition, and emotion; consciousness; vision; rationality; artificial life; and the relations between mind and world—our representation of numbers and space, for instance. For anyone who has ever been fascinated by the exploration of the human mind, this book is a must.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198238898
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/08/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	284
Sales rank:	691,402
Product dimensions:	9.18(w) x 6.32(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

João Branquinho is Professor of Philosophy at Lisbon University.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. How Not to Find the Neural Correlate of Consciousness, Ned Block2. Life and Cognition, Margaret Boden3. The Representation of Number in Natural Language Syntax and in the Language of Thought: A Case Study of the Evolution and Development of Representational Resources, Susan Carey4. The View From Here: The Nonsymbolic Structure of Spatial Representation, Ilya Farber, Will Peterman, and Patricia Smith Churchland5. Toward a Cognitive Neurobiology of the Moral Virtues, Paul M. Churchland6. Reflections on the Neurobiology of Emotion and Feeling, Antonio R. Damasio7. Words and Concepts in the Brain, Hanna Damasio8. What Thought Requires, Donald Davidson9. Things About Things, Daniel C. Dennett10. On Referential Semantics and Cognitive Science, James T. Higginbotham11. Theories of Concepts: A Wider Task, Christopher Peacocke12. Connecting Vision with the World: Tracking the Missing Link, Zenon W. Pylyshyn13. Rationality and Action, John R. SearleBibliography, Index of Names