Representation in Mind: New Approaches to Mental Representation (Volume 1) (Perspectives on Cognitive Science, Volume 1) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 008044394X ISBN 13: 9780080443942

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2004

Synopsis

'Representation in Mind' is the first book in the new series 'Perspectives on Cognitive Science' and includes well known contributors in the areas of philosophy of mind, psychology and cognitive science.The papers in this volume offer new ideas, fresh approaches and new criticisms of old ideas. The papers deal in new ways with fundamental questions concerning the problem of mental representation that one contributor, Robert Cummins, has described as "THE problem in philosophy of mind for some time now". The editors' introductory overview considers the problem for which mental representation has been seen as an answer, sketching an influential framework, outlining some of the issues addressed and then providing an overview of the papers. Issues include: the relation between mental representation and public, non-mental representation; misrepresentation; the role of mental representations in intelligent action; the relation between representation and consciousness; the relation between folk psychology and explanations invoking mental representations

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First book in new series!

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 008044394X
• ISBN 13: 9780080443942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Clapin Hugh, Staines Phillip, Slezak Peter