LINGUIST List 17.1930

Mon Jul 03 2006

Books: Cognitive Science: Stainton

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Directory         1.    Matt Glidden, Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science: Stainton
Message 1: Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science: Stainton
Date: 29-Jun-2006
From: Matt Glidden <blackwellnewsbos.blackwellpublishing.net>
Subject: Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science: Stainton


Title: Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science Series Title: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy Published: 2006 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
                http://www.blackwellpublishing.com

Editor: Robert J. Stainton Hardback: ISBN: 1405113049 Pages: 360 Price: U.S. $ 84.95
Hardback: ISBN: 1405113049 Pages: 360 Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1405113057 Pages: 360 Price: U.K. £ 19.99
Paperback: ISBN: 1405113057 Pages: 360 Price: U.S. $ 34.95
Abstract:

This volume introduces central issues in cognitive science by means ofdebates on key questions. A selection of debates discussing central issuesin cognitive science. The debates are written by renowned experts in thefield. The debates cover the middle ground as well as the extremes.The book addresses topics such as the amount of innate knowledge,boundedrationality and the role of perception in action. It provides avaluable overview of the field in a clear and easilycomprehensible form.

Notes on ContributorsPrefaceJust How Modular Is The Mind?1. The Case for Massively Modular Models of Mind Peter Carruthers2. Is the Mind Really Modular? Jesse Prinz3. Is the Human Mind Massively Modular? Richard SamuelsHow Much Knowledge Of Language Is Innate?4. Irrational Nativist Exhuberance Geoff Pullum and Barbara Scholz5. The Case for Linguistic Nativism Robert Matthews6. On the Innateness of Language James A. McGilvrayHas cognitive science shown that human beings are cognitively bounded, orirrational?7. Bounded and Rational Gerd Gigerenzer8. Bounded Rationality and the Enlightenment Picture of Cognitive VirtueDavid MathesonAre rules and representations necessary to explain systematicity?9. Cognition Needs Syntax but not Rules Terrence Horgan and John Tienson10. Phenomena and Mechanisms: Putting the Symbolic, Connectionist, andDynamical Systems Debate in Broader Perspective Bill Bechtel and AdeleAbrahamsen Can consciousness and qualia be reduced?11. Consciousness and Qualia Can Be Reduced William Lycan12. Consciousness and Qualia Cannot Be Reduced Brie GertlerDoes cognitive science need external content at all?13. Locating Meaning in the Mind (Where It Belongs) Ray Jackendoff14. The Intentional Inexistence of Language Georges ReyIs the aim of perception to provide accurate representations?15. Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? Kirk Ludwig16. Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? A Casefor the 'No' Side Chris VigerCan mental states, knowledge in particular, be divided into a narrowcomponent and a broad component?17. Can Cognition be Factorised into Internal and External Components? TimWilliamson18. The Internal and External Components of Cognition Ralph WedgwoodIndex

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
Written In: English (eng )

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