The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521652742)

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,Rowlands Mark
ISBN-10: 052165274X
ISBN-13: 9780521652742
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/28/1999
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.40w x 0.75d