Cognitive Science and the Reconceptualization of Social Theory

Naturalizing the Social
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-28813-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 582 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

Cognitive Science and the Reconceptualization of Social Theory explores how core social science ideas can be naturalized and reconceptualized through the lens of cognitive science. It bridges the gap between emerging cognitive research and established social theory by demonstrating how concepts central to sociology and related fields can be understood in cognitive science terms. This book’s distinctive approach lies in its deep historical engagement with social science concepts, tracing their development from classical social theory through to contemporary debates. It examines the tensions between traditional computational approaches and newer 4E (embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended) cognitive theories, while addressing why social sciences have been slow to engage with cognitive
science. This book is aimed at scholars and postgraduate students working at the intersection of social science and cognitive science, including sociologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and researchers in emerging interdisciplinary fields like social neuroscience. It will particularly appeal to those seeking to understand how traditional social theory can engage with contemporary cognitive research without losing its conceptual richness.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turner, Stephen P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Naturalizing the Social through an Expanded Cognitive Science 1. Social Theory as a Cognitive Neuroscience 2. The Cognitive Dimension I: Comte and Spencer 3. The Cognitive Dimension II: Neo-Kantianism and Its Contemporary Rivals 4. Habit Is Thus the Enormous Flywheel of Society: Pragmatism, Social Theory, and Cognitive Science 5. Verstehen Naturalized 6. Naturalizing the Tacit: The Limits of Phenomenology 7. Do We Need Schemes to Understand? Naturalizing Kögler 8. The Naturalistic Moment in Normativism 9. Polanyi and Tacit Knowledge 10. Making Collective Practices Into Psychological Facts: The Russian Psychology Model 11. Digital Affordances and the Liminal 12. The Great Agency Muddle Conclusion: The Social Going Forward

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen P. Turner is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, United States. He has been author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than 30 books and has been translated into 13 languages.