Brave New Mind

A Thoughtful Inquiry into the Nature and Meaning of Mental Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Brave New Mind is a historical and critical account of the development of the computational metaphor on the mind. According to this metaphor, the mind is viewed simply as an "outgrowth" or "emergent property" of the brain, a mere "epiphenomenon". Dodwell argues against this standard model which he claims cannot account for the most unique and humane properties of the mind: the sheer originality and creativity expressed in the highest domains of achievement such as literature, music, art, science, and mathematics. Dodwell's iconoclastic viewpoint laces his book within the same tradition as Roger Penrose's classic, The Emperor's New Mind.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-06-15
Mått:163 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195089059

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Peter Dodwell is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Queens University at Kingston in Ontario, Canada.

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' ... is an easier read ... Dodwell is an experimental psychologist at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and he speakswith authority. Though his name was unfamiliar to me, I trusted him almost immediately' New Scientist

Innehållsförteckning

1: The Scope of Cognitive Science2: The Psychological Underpinnings of Cognitive Science3: Other Paths in Cognitive Science4: The Science of Mind5: Brain and Mind, a Many-Layered Enigma6: New Perspectives on Representation and Reality7: Mathematics and the Mind8: Explanation in Cognitive Science9: The Sacred RiverNotesReferencesIndex