Armin Schulz (203 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Used with some reading wear and light discoloration to dj, and fold to one page but is still in great reading condition. No markings in text.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment.Many organisms (including humans) make decisions by relying on mental representations. Not simply a reaction triggered by perception, representational decision making employs high-level, non-perceptual mental states with content to manage interactions with the environment. A person making a decision based on mental representations, for example, takes a step back from her perceptions at the time to assess the nature of the world she lives in. But why would organisms rely on representational decision making, and what evolutionary benefits does this reliance provide to the decision maker? In Efficient Cognition, Armin Schulz argues that representational decision making can be more cognitively efficient than non-representational decision making. Specifically, he shows that a key driver in the evolution of representational decision making is that mental representations can enable an organism to save cognitive resources and adjust more efficiently to changed environments.After laying out the foundations of his argument--clarifying the central questions, the characterization of representational decision making, and the relevance of an evidential form of evolutionary psychology--Schulz presents his account of the evolution of representational decision making and critically considers some of the existing accounts of the subject. He then applies his account to three open questions concerning the nature of representational decision making: the extendedness of decision making, and when we should expect cognition to extend into the environment; the specialization of decision making and the use of simple heuristics; and the psychological sources of altruistic behaviors.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment.Many organisms (including humans) make decisions by relying on mental representations. Not simply a reaction triggered by perception, representational decision making employs high-level, non-perceptual mental states with content to manage interactions with the environment. A person making a decision based on mental representations, for example, takes a step back from her perceptions at the time to assess the nature of the world she lives in. But why would organisms rely on representational decision making, and what evolutionary benefits does this reliance provide to the decision maker? In Efficient Cognition, Armin Schulz argues that representational decision making can be more cognitively efficient than non-representational decision making. Specifically, he shows that a key driver in the evolution of representational decision making is that mental representations can enable an organism to save cognitive resources and adjust more efficiently to changed environments.After laying out the foundations of his argument--clarifying the central questions, the characterization of representational decision making, and the relevance of an evidential form of evolutionary psychology--Schulz presents his account of the evolution of representational decision making and critically considers some of the existing accounts of the subject. He then applies his account to three open questions concerning the nature of representational decision making: the extendedness of decision making, and when we should expect cognition to extend into the environment; the specialization of decision making and the use of simple heuristics; and the psychological sources of altruistic behaviors.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Large softcover (28x21cm) in excellent condition (slight handling, slight edge wear). 193 pages. Unmarked. [1.3 lbs]. Book.

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8°, unpaginiert, OLn. Mit sw. und farbigen Abb. illustriert. In OPp.-Schachtel. Rücken der Pappschachtel etwas aufgehellt, sonst sehr guter Zustand. 120 Gramm.

Broschur. Condition: sehr gut. [4], 127 S. : graph. Darst. ; 21 cm. Sprache: deu.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This open access book presents and defends a new approach towards social functionalism: Presentist Social Functionalism. This approach draws on recent developments in evolutionary biology and philosophy of biology to provide a more compelling theoretical foundation for functionalist social analysis. Functionalist approaches to the social scienceswhich aim at using facts about what social institutions are for to provide a fulcrum with which to understand, evaluate, and respond to social realityare about as old as the subject itself, but have also been the subject of much criticism. In particular, a widespread concern for the functionalist tradition in the social sciences is that functional ascriptions often lack a plausible theoretical grounding, and that where such a theoretical grounding can be provided, the empirical presuppositions of this grounding often fail to be met. However, recent developments in evolutionary biology and the philosophy of biology promise to change this situation: they show that functional ascription can be compellingly made in an ahistorical, non-reproduction-based, and non-normative manner, which makes it possible to develop a new account of social functionalism that can fulfil the latters theoretical and empirical desiderata. To show this, the book begins by laying out the major existing accounts of social functionalism and detailing their challenges. It then develops the new, alternative account of Presentist Social Functionalism. Given its interdisciplinary nature and application-focused approach, the book is of interest to researchers in a variety of fields, from evolutionary biology to the social sciences and philosophy. Functionalist approaches to the social scienceswhich aim at using facts about what social institutions are for to provide a fulcrum with which to understand, evaluate, and respond to social realityare about as old as the subject itself, but have also been the subject of much criticism. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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