The philosophy of psychology /

This book presents an original and accessible analysis of the relationship between common-sense, or 'folk', psychology and contemporary scientific psychology, focussing on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our common-sense self image. It is designed as a textbook...

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Autore principale: Botterill, George
Altri autori: Carruthers, Peter, 1952-
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=72896
Sommario:
  • Introduction: some background
  • Folk-psychological commitments
  • Modularity and nativism
  • Mind-reading
  • Reasoning and irrationality
  • Content for psychology
  • Content naturalised
  • Forms of representation
  • Consciousness: the final frontier?