{"product_id":"existential-cognition-ron-mcclamrock-9780226556413","title":"Existential Cognition: Computational Minds in the World","description":"While the notion of the mind as information-processor--a kind of computational system--is widely accepted, many scientists and philosophers have assumed that this account of cognition shows that the mind's operations are characterizable independent of their relationship to the external world. \u003ci\u003eExistential Cognition\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the internalist view of mind, arguing that intelligence, thought, and action cannot be understood in isolation, but only in interaction with the outside world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguing that the mind is essentially embedded in the external world, Ron McClamrock provides a schema that allows cognitive scientists to address such long-standing problems in artificial intelligence as the \"frame\" problem and the issue of \"bounded\" rationality. Extending this schema to cover progress in other studies of behavior, including language, vision, and action, McClamrock reinterprets the importance of the organism\/environment distinction. McClamrock also considers the broader philosophical question of the place of mind in the world, particularly with regard to questions of intentionality, subjectivity, and phenomenology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith implications for philosophy, cognitive and computer science, AI, and psychology, this book synthesizes state-of-the-art work in philosophy and cognitive science on how the mind interacts with the world to produce thoughts, ideas, and actions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron McClamrock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226556417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226556413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.19w x 0.74d","brand":"Ron McClamrock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086417408255,"sku":"9780226556413","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c10860e9-37e5-4dc5-b1fe-6812dedaf8d7.jpg?v=1769094556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/existential-cognition-ron-mcclamrock-9780226556413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}