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Cartographies of the Mind

Philosophy and Psychology in Intersection

  • Offers a state-of-the-art discussion about the relation between philosophy and psychology, by considering both the general methodological perspective and some of the most relevant psychological and philosophical issues
  • Can be of interest both to philosophers who are interested in psychological research and to psychologists and cognitive scientists who have an interest in the classic traditional questions

Part of the book series: Studies in Brain and Mind (SIBM, volume 4)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
  2. The Interplay of Levels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Setting the Stage: Persons, Minds and Brains

      • Massimo Marraffa
      Pages 3-22
    3. Computationalism Under Attack

      • Roberto Cordeschi, Marcello Frixione
      Pages 37-49
  3. Dimensions of Mind

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Vision Science and the Problem of Perception

      • Alfredo Paternoster
      Pages 53-64
    3. Synaesthesia, Functionalism and Phenomenology

      • Fiona Macpherson
      Pages 65-80
    4. Categorization and Concepts: A Methodological Framework

      • Cristina Meini, Alfredo Paternoster
      Pages 105-116
    5. Errors in Deductive Reasoning

      • Pierdaniele Giaretta, Paolo Cherubini
      Pages 117-130
    6. Language and Comprehension Processes

      • Elisabetta Gola
      Pages 131-143
  4. Dimensions of Agency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
    2. The Unconscious

      • Giovanni Jervis
      Pages 147-158
    3. Self-Deception and Hypothesis Testing

      • Alfred R. Mele
      Pages 159-167
    4. Autonomous Agency and Social Psychology

      • Eddy Nahmias
      Pages 169-185

About this book

In the last three decades, the level of interaction between philosophy and psychology has increased dramatically. As a contribution to this trend, this book explores some areas in which this interaction has been very productive – or, at least, highly provocative.

The interaction between philosophy and psychology can be of different kinds. For example, psychology can be the subject for philosophy of science. In such a case, the philosopher of science pursues the usual set of issues (explanation, reduction, etc.) within the special case of psychology. Or, philosophy can be the source of proposals for improving psychology. Vice versa, the findings of psychology can be used to criticize philosophical theories and suggest ways to resolve some traditional philosophical questions about the mind, such as the nature of mental representation, perception, emotion, memory, consciousness and free will.

The chapters in this book reflect these different forms of interaction in an effort to clarify issues and debates concerning some traditional cognitive capacities. The result is a philosophically and scientifically up-to-date collection of "cartographies of the mind".

Editors and Affiliations

  • Università Roma Tre, Rome

    Massimo Marraffa, Mario De Caro, Francesco Ferretti

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