Cognitive ontology: taxonomic practices in the mind-brain sciences

The search for the 'furniture of the mind' has acquired added impetus with the rise of new technologies to study the brain and identify its main structures and processes. Philosophers and scientists are increasingly concerned to understand the ways in which psychological functions relate t...

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Main Author: Khalidi, Muhammad Ali ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
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Summary:The search for the 'furniture of the mind' has acquired added impetus with the rise of new technologies to study the brain and identify its main structures and processes. Philosophers and scientists are increasingly concerned to understand the ways in which psychological functions relate to brain structures. Meanwhile, the taxonomic practices of cognitive scientists are coming under increased scrutiny, as researchers ask which of them identify the real kinds of cognition and which are mere vestiges of folk psychology. Muhammad Ali Khalidi present a naturalistic account of 'real kinds' to validate some central taxonomic categories in the cognitive domain, including concepts, episodic memory, innateness, domain specificity, and cognitive bias. He argues that cognitive kinds are often individuated relationally, with reference to the environment and etiology of the thinking subject, whereas neural kinds tend to be individuated intrinsically, resulting in crosscutting relationships among cognitive and neural categories
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 271 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009223645
DOI:10.1017/9781009223645

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