The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521049795)

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. 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. This innovative book provides a foundation for an unorthodox but increasingly popular view of the nature of cognition.

Author: Mark Rowlands
ISBN-10: 0521049792
ISBN-13: 9780521049795
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2008
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d