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The Foundations of Cognitive Science [Hardcover]

Joï¿1/2o Branquinho (Editor)


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November 8, 2001
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.

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Jo�o Branquinho is Professor of Philosophy at Lisbon University.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 8, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0198238908
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198238904
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,680,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The concept of H2O and the concept of water are two concepts of the same thing, as are the concepts of temperature and mean molecular kinetic energy. Read the first page
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numeron list model, object file model, predication schema, implicitly known principles, abnormal retrieval, evolutionary semantics, sortal object, spatiotemporal criteria, embodied nervous systems, moral prototypes, parallel individuation, specific sortals, concept retrieval, multiple object tracking, individuated concepts, numerically distinct objects, accumulator model, visual indexing, left temporal pole, early visual system, object individuation, phenomenal consciousness, cognitive neurobiology, sortal concepts, speechless creatures
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Linking Thesis, Walking Encyclopedia, Jerry Fodor, William James, Being Known, Hilary Putnam, John Searle
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