The body in mind: understanding cognitive processes

"In this book, Mark Rowlands challenges the Cartesian view of the mind as a self-contained monadic entity, and offers in its place a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes. Cognition is not something done exclusively in the head, but fundamentally something done in...

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Main Author: Rowlands, Mark 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1999
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy
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Summary:"In this book, Mark Rowlands challenges the Cartesian view of the mind as a self-contained monadic entity, and offers in its place a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes. Cognition is not something done exclusively in the head, but fundamentally something done in the world. Drawing on both evolutionary theory and a detailed examination of the processes involved in perception, memory, thought and language use, Rowlands argues that cognition is, in part, a process whereby creatures manipulate and exploit relevant objects in their environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:X, 270 S.
ISBN:052165274X

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