Cartesian psychology and physical minds : individualism and the sciences of the mind / Robert A. Wil...
Cartesian psychology and physical minds : individualism and the sciences of the mind / Robert A. Wil...
Cartesian psychology and physical minds : individualism and the sciences of the mind / Robert A. Wilson.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N128.2/62
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English
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xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: What is individualism in psychology? -- 2. An a priori argument: the argument from causal powers -- 3. An empirical argument: the computational argument -- 4. Methodological arguments -- 5. Rethinking the role of causal powers in taxonomy and explanation -- 6. Making sense of mental...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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England
Date Published
1995.
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This book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology, a view that has been the subject of debate between philosophers such as Jerry Fodor and Tyler Burge for many years. Rob Wilson approaches individualism as an issue in the philosophy of science, and by discussing issues such as computationalism and the mind's modularity, he opens...
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Cartesian psychology and physical minds : individualism and the sciences of the mind / Robert A. Wilson.
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Cambridge studies in philosophy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.
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N128.2/62
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052159734X (pbk.)
9780521474023 (hardback)
0521474027 (hardback)
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128.2
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991001448669702626
