The Prehistory of Cognitive Science

2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-01339-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

With contributions from leading figures, this book traces the philosophical roots behind contemporary understandings of cognition. The book presents a convincing case for the centrality of philosophy to the history of neuroscience and cognitive psychology and discusses how ideas have developed, influenced and moulded our view of the mind.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brook, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors Preface Introduction PART I: THE ROOTS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA The Separation of Thought and Action in Western Tradition; S.Ohlsson Language and Thought: Descartes and Some Reflections on Venerable Themes; N.Chomsky Hobbes' Challenge; M.Dascal Doing It His Way: Hume's Theory of Ideas and Contemporary Cognitive Science; A.J.Jacobson Kant and Cognitive Science; A.Brook PART II: INNOVATIONS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY The Early Darwinians, Natural Selection and Cognitive Science; D.Ross Wundt's Theoretical Psychology: An Unknown Legacy From a Gilded Age; A.L.Blumenthal Frege: Furnishing Formal Foundations; P.Simons Remembering William James; T.B.Henley Freud's Interdisciplinary Fiasco; P.Kitcher

Über Autor(innen)

ARTHUR L. BLUMENTHAL Berkley College of New York City, USA
NOAM CHOMSKY Institute Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
MARCELO DASCAL Professor of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
TRACY B. HENLEY Professor of Psychology, Mississippi State University, USA
ANNE JAAP JACOBSON Professor of Philosophy and Engineering, Associate Director of the Center for Neuro-Engineering and Cognitive Science, University of Houston, USA
PATRICIA KITCHER Department Chair, Professor of Philosophy, University of Columbia, USA
STELLAN OHLSSON Chair of the Cognitive Division, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
DON ROSS Professor Philosophy and Economics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
PETER SIMONS Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Centre for Metaphysics and Mind, University of Leeds, UK