Representation Reconsidered (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521859875)

Cognitive representation is the single most important explanatory notion in the sciences of the mind and has served as the cornerstone for the so-called 'cognitive revolution'. This book critically examines the ways in which philosophers and cognitive scientists appeal to representations in their theories, and argues that there is considerable confusion about the nature of representational states. This has led to an excessive over-application of the notion - especially in many of the fresher theories in computational neuroscience. Representation Reconsidered shows how psychological research is actually moving in a non-representational direction, revealing a radical, though largely unnoticed, shift in our basic understanding of how the mind works.

Author: William M. Ramsey
ISBN-10: 0521859875
ISBN-13: 9780521859875
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/21/2007
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.37w x 0.86d