Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science

Robert J. Stainton is Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario. He has published some 40 articles on various topics in linguistics and philosophy, and has authored or edited eight previous books, including Philosophical Perspectives on Language (1996), Knowledge and Mind (2000) and is co-editor of Philosophy and Linguistics (1999).

"Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science is an excellent introduction to debates in the philosophy of cognitive science. Many of this volume's 18 previously unpublished papers also provide overviews of recent work by the authors, so this would also be a good choice for those who would like to keep up with the latest thinking of many leaders in the field." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"This is a remarkable volume. It’s an excellent text for upper division courses, and it also makes important original contributions to research on a number of “hot” topics in cognitive science." Stephen Stich, Rutgers University" "This is an impressive collection of papers by a very strong group of philosophers. Students of philosophy and cognitive science will find that this book afffords a valuable introduction to a range of problems that are both basic and important. Experts will find that the papers make new and significant contributions to living debates. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the nature of mind and in the prospects for scientific understanding of its nature." Alva Noë, University of Caifornia, Berkeley

• Acknowledgments viiNotes on Contributors viiiPreface xiiiJust How Modular Is the Mind? 11 The Case for Massively Modular Models of Mind 3Peter Carruthers 2 Is the Mind Really Modular? 22Jesse J. Prinz3 Is the Human Mind Massively Modular? 37Richard Samuels How Much Knowledge of Language Is Innate? 574 Irrational Nativist Exuberance 59Barbara C. Scholz and Geoffrey K. Pullum 5 The Case for Linguistic Nativism 81Robert J. Matthews 6 On the Innateness of Language 97James McGilvrayHas Cognitive Science Shown That Human Beings Are Cognitively Bounded, Or Irrational? 1137 Bounded and Rational 115Gerd Gigerenzer8 Bounded Rationality and the Enlightenment Picture of Cognitive Virtue 134David Matheson Are Rules and Representations Necessary To Explain Systematicity? 1459 Cognition Needs Syntax but not Rules 147Terence Horgan and John Tienson 10 Phenomena and Mechanisms: Putting the Symbolic, Connectionist, and Dynamical Systems Debate in Broader Perspective 159Adele Abrahamsen and William BechtelCan Consciousness and Qualia Be Reduced? 18711 Consciousness and Qualia Can Be Reduced 189William G. Lycan12 Consciousness and Qualia Cannot Be Reduced 202Brie GertlerDoes Cognitive Science Need External Content at All? 21713 Locating Meaning in the Mind (Where It Belongs) 219Ray Jackendoff14 The Intentional Inexistence of Language – But Not Cars 237Georges Rey Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? 25715 Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? 259Kirk Ludwig16 Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? A Case for the “No” Side 275Christopher VigerCan Mental States, Knowledge in Particular, Be Divided Into a Narrow Component and a Broad Component? 28917 Can Cognition be Factorized into Internal and External Components? 291Timothy Williamson18 The Internal and External Components of Cognition 307Ralph Wedgwood Index 326