Mental States: Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature; Volume 2: Language and cognitive structure (set): 92-93 (Studies in Language Companion Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027231052 ISBN 13: 9789027231055

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2007

Synopsis

Volume I: Collecting the work of linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, artificial intelligence researchers and philosophers this volume presents a richly varied picture of the nature and function of mental states.
Volume II: The contributions to this volume focus on what language and language use reveals about cognitive structure and underlying cognitive categories. Wide-ranging and thought-provoking essays from linguists and psychologists within this volume investigate the insights conceptual categorization can give into the organization and structure of the mind and specific mental states.

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Synopsis

Mostly originating out of the 2004 International Language and Cognition Conference, this two volume set brings together contributions from psychologists, linguists, artificial intelligence researchers, neuroscientists, archaeologists, and philosophers concerned with the evolutionary and functional aspects of cognitive states for the first volume an

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027231052
• ISBN 13: 9789027231055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 688
• Editor: Schalley Andrea C., Khlentzos Drew