Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
328
Utgivningsdatum
1998-09-01
Upplaga
New e.
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Medarbetare
Peter, Godfrey-Smith
Illustratör/Fotograf
9d
Illustrationer
9d.
Volymtitel
Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature
Dimensioner
227 x 153 x 16 mm
Vikt
440 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780521646246

Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature

av Peter Godfrey-Smith
Häftad,  Engelska, 1998-09-01
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This book explains the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing links philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments, and to the general pattern of 'externalist' explanations. The author provides a biological approach to the investigation of mind and cognition in nature. In particular he explores the idea that the function of cognition is to enable agents to deal with environmental complexity. The history of the idea in the work of Dewey and Spencer is considered, as is the impact of recent evolutionary theory on our understanding of the place of mind in nature.
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Part I. Foundations: 1. Naturalism and teleology; 2. Externalism and internalism; 3. Spencer's Version; 4. Dewey's version; 5. On construction; 6. The question of correspondence; Part II. Models: 7. Adaptive plasticity; 8. The signal detection model; 9. Complex individuals, complex populations.

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