edited by] Massimiliano Cappuccio, United Arab Emirates University, Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Tom Froese, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xxii, 317 pages :
ساير جزييات
illustrations ;
ابعاد
23 cm
فروست
عنوان فروست
New directions in philosophy and cognitive science
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The enactive approach is a growing movement in cognitive science that replaces the classical computer metaphor of the mind with an emphasis on biological embodiment and social interaction as the sources of our goals and concerns. Mind is viewed as an activity of making sense in embodied interaction with our world. However, if mind is essentially a concrete activity of sense-making, how do we account for the more typically human forms of cognition, including those involving the abstract and the patently nonsensical? To address this crucial challenge, this collection brings together new contributions from the sciences of the mind that draw on a wide variety of disciplines, including psychopathology, phenomenology, primatology, gender studies, quantum physics, immune biology, anthropology, philosophy of mind, and linguistics. This book is required reading for anyone who is interested in how the latest scientific insights are changing how we think about the human mind and its limits. Book jacket