This book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology, a view that has been the subject of debate between philosophers such as Jerry Fodor and Tyler Burge for many years. Robert Wilson approaches individualism as an issue in the philosophy of science, and by discussing issues such as computationalism and the mind's modularity, he opens the subject up for nonphilosophers in psychology and computer science. Because the topic is so central to the philosophy of mind, an area generating enormous research and debate at present, the book has implications for a very broad range of philosophical issues.
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"The book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology...The author...opens the subject up for non-philosophers in psychology and computer science. He carefully examines the most influential arguments for individualism and identifies the main metaphysical assumptions underlying them...the book has implications for a very broad range of philosophical issues..." International Journal of Psychology
"The present work is a powerful addition to the debate concerning individualism. It value lies in its clear presentation and much-needed critical summary of recent developments in individualism." Choice
"Robert Wilson's intelligent and careful book is a smart step in the direction of anti-individualist wide psychology and a good help to clarify the terms of the debate." Augustin Vicente, Philosophy in Review
"This book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology....[Wilson] opens the subject up for non-philosophers in psychology and computer science. He carefully examines the most influential arguments for individualism and identifies the main metaphysical assumptions underlying them....the book has implications for a very broad philosophical range." International Journal of Psychology
"The present work is a powerful addition to the debate concerning individualism. It value lies in its clear presentation and much-needed critical summary of recent developments in individualism." Choice
"Robert Wilson's intelligent and careful book is a smart step in the direction of anti-individualist wide psychology and a good help to clarify the terms of the debate." Augustin Vicente, Philosophy in Review
"This book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology....[Wilson] opens the subject up for non-philosophers in psychology and computer science. He carefully examines the most influential arguments for individualism and identifies the main metaphysical assumptions underlying them....the book has implications for a very broad philosophical range." International Journal of Psychology
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This book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology, a view that has been the subject of debate between philosophers such as Jerry Fodor and Tyler Burge for many years. Rob Wilson approaches individualism as an issue in the philosophy of science, and by discussing issues such as computationalism and the mind's modularity, he opens the subject up for non-philosophers in psychology and computer science. Because the topic is so central to the philosophy of mind, an area generating enormous research and debate at present, the book has implications for a very broad range of philosophical issues .
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This book provides a lucid and incisive summary of issues,
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This review is from: Cartesian Psychology and Physical Minds: Individualism and the Science of the Mind (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) (Paperback)
The issue of individualism in the philosophy of psychology is related to the larger question of the place of individualism as a viable construct in any scientific account of beliefs, desires and other curiosities of folk psychology. While Wilson's focus on this book is part of an attempt to come to grips with the status of folk psychology and a scientific account of mind as a whole, the book has earned its place as a valuable text for anyone interested in a clear rendering of the issues involved.
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Rob Wilson is a dynamic educator.,
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This review is from: Cartesian Psychology and Physical Minds: Individualism and the Science of the Mind (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) (Paperback)
I have read large sections of this book when I had Rob Wilson as a professor. The text is clear and concise and I recommend it to anyone interested in Individualism.
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"Individualism in psychology is a view about what mental states are, a view about how mental states are to be individuated, classified, taxonomized, or typed." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
argument from causal powers, local causal factors, taxonomic individuation, global individualism, mercenary reliance, wide computationalism, instantial individuation, wide computational systems, narrow functional structures, derive individualism, extrinsic causal powers, greater causal depth, throat charmers, relational taxonomies, narrow conceptual role, wide psychology, intrinsic causal powers, individualistic taxonomies, intrinsic physical states, folk psychological states, accepting individualism, causal powers supervene, denying individualism, subpersonal psychology, computational individuation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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"Individualism in psychology is a view about what mental states are, a view about how mental states are to be individuated, classified, taxonomized, or typed." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
argument from causal powers, local causal factors, taxonomic individuation, global individualism, mercenary reliance, wide computationalism, instantial individuation, wide computational systems, narrow functional structures, derive individualism, extrinsic causal powers, greater causal depth, throat charmers, relational taxonomies, narrow conceptual role, wide psychology, intrinsic causal powers, individualistic taxonomies, intrinsic physical states, folk psychological states, accepting individualism, causal powers supervene, denying individualism, subpersonal psychology, computational individuation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Twin Earth, Face Value Thesis, Jerry Fodor, Sydney Shoemaker, The Causal Irreducibility Thesis, Tyler Burge, Wason Johnson-Laird, Kim Sterelny, Russell's Principle New!
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- Midwest Studies in Philosophy: Philosophy of Science by Peter A. French in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Mental Causation by John Heil in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins on page 74, and Back Matter
- The Philosophy of Science by Richard Boyd in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Meaning and Mental Representation (Bradford Books) by Robert Cummins in Back Matter
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- Perceptual Experience by Tamar Szabo Gendler on page 433
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