Metaphysics and Cognitive Science

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-19-063967-9
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 796 g

This volume illustrates how the methodology of metaphysics can be enriched with the help of cognitive science. Few philosophers nowadays would dispute the relevance of cognitive science to the metaphysics of mind, but this volume mainly concerns the relevance of metaphysics to phenomena that are not themselves mental. The volume is thus a departure from standard analytical metaphysics. Among the issues to which results from cognitive science are brought to bear are the metaphysics of time, of morality, of meaning, of modality, of objects, and of natural kinds, as well as whether God exists. A number of chapters address the enterprise of metaphysics in general. In traditional analytical metaphysics, intuitions play a prominent role in the construction of, and assessment of theories. Cognitive science can be brought to bear on the issue of the reliability of intuitions. Some chapters point out how results from cognitive science can be deployed to debunk certain intuitions, and some point out how results can be deployed to help vindicate certain intuitions.

Many metaphysicians have taken to heart the moral that physics should be taken into account in addressing certain metaphysical issues. The overarching point of the volume is that in many instances beyond the nature of the mind itself, cognitive science should also be consulted.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldman, Alvin I.

McLaughlin, Brian P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Alvin I. Goldman and Brian P. McLaughlin

- Section I: What Might Be the Role of Cognitive Science in Metaphysics?

- Chapter 1: Time Lost, Time Regained Craig Callender

- Chapter 2: Cognitive Science and Metaphysics: Partners in Debunking Jonathan Schaffer

- Section II: Ethics and Cognitive Science

- Chapter 3: Moral Metaphysics, Moral Psychology, and the Cognitive Sciences Peter Railton

- Chapter 4: Debunking and Vindicating in Moral Psychology Shaun Nichols

- Section III: God and Cognitive Science

- Chapter 5: On Perceiving God: Prospects for a Cognitive Science of Religious Experiences Mark Baker and Dean Zimmerman

- Chapter 6: God and Cognitive Science: A Bayesian Approach Alvin I. Goldman

- Section IV: Meaning, Linguistics, and Ontology

- Chapter 7: Cognitive Psychology and the Metaphysics of Meaning Mark Johnston and Sarah-Jane Leslie

- Chapter 8: Natural Language and Its Ontology Friederike Moltmann

- Section V: Modality and the Ontology of Bodily Feelings

- Chapter 9: Modal Prospection John McCoy, Laurie Paul, Tomer Ullman

- Chapter 10: Against Phenomenal Parsimony: A Plea for Bodily Feelings Frédérique de Vignemont

- Section VI: Sortals and Natural Kinds

- Chapter 11: Does the Identity of an Object Depend on Its Category? The Role of Sortals in Thought Lance J. Rips and Nick Leonard

- Chapter 12: What the Study of Psychological Essentialism May Reveal About the World Susan A. Gelman

- Section VII: Debunking and Cognitive Science

- Chapter 13: Debunking Arguments in Metaethics and Metaphysics Daniel Z. Korman

- Chapter 14: Cognitive Science for the Revisionary Metaphysician David Rose

- Chapter 15: Unbunking Arguments: A Case Study in Metaphysics and Cognitive Science Christopher Frugé

Über Autor(innen)

Alvin I. Goldman is Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University. Brian P. McLaughlin is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and Editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind.