Wilson Neural Geographies

Feminism and the Microstructure of Cognition
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-95876-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Elizabeth A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Connectionism, Feminism, Deconstruction
CHAPTER ONE
The Natural Habits of Feminist Psychology
Institutionalization and Its Risks
The Nature of Gender and the Politics of Biology
Conclusion
CHAPTER TWO
The Origins of Scientific Psychology
Demarcation and the Constitution of the Psychological Domain
Negotiating Empiricism and Theory
Ontological Reduction and the Play of Natural Origins
Conclusion
CHAPTER THREE
Morphologies of Mind
"Loving the Computer": Cognition, Embodiment, and the Influencing Machine
Location and Decapitation: The Mind-Brain-Body Problem
Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR
Projects for a Scientific Psychology: Freud, Derrida, and Connectionist Theories of Cognition
"Psychology for Neurologists": Freud and the Project for a Scientific Psychology
Neurology Breached: Derrida and Scientific Psychology
Connectionism: Neurology for Psychologists
Conclusion
CHAPTER FIVE
Locating Cognition: Force, Topography and the Psychical Trace
The Cognitive Trace and Location
Freudian Topography and the Transformation of the Cognitive Trace
The Saussurian Machine
Conclusion
CONCLUSION

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth A. Wilson is a Lecturer in the Centre for Women's Studies at the Australian National University.