Pieces of mind: the proper domain of psychological predicates

Carrie Figdor presents a critical assessment of how psychological terms are used to describe the non-human biological world. She argues against the anthropocentric attitude which takes human cognition as the standard against which non-human capacities are measured, and offers an alternative basis fo...

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1. Verfasser: Figdor, Carrie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press [2018]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:Carrie Figdor presents a critical assessment of how psychological terms are used to describe the non-human biological world. She argues against the anthropocentric attitude which takes human cognition as the standard against which non-human capacities are measured, and offers an alternative basis for naturalistic explanation of the mind
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-214) and index
Beschreibung:x, 220 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:0198809522
9780198809524
0192537342
9780192537348