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Philosophy, Mind, and Cognitive Inquiry

Resources for Understanding Mental Processes

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. David J. Cole

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA

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  2. James H. Fetzer

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA

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  3. Terry L. Rankin

    1. IBM AI Support Center, Palo Alto, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Cognitive Systems (COGS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Cognitive Inquiry and the Philosophy of Mind

    1. Cognitive Inquiry and the Philosophy of Mind

      • David J. Cole
      Pages 1-46

  3. Prologue What is Mind?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Current Issues in the Philosophy of Mind

      • D. C. Dennett
      Pages 49-72

  4. Computational Conceptions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Machines and the Mental

      • Fred Dretske
      Pages 75-88

    3. What’s in a Mind?

      • Zenon W. Pylyshyn
      Pages 89-114

  5. Connectionist Conceptions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Connectionism, Eliminativism, and the Future of Folk Psychology

      • William Ramsey, Stephen Stich, Joseph Garan
      Pages 117-144

    3. On the Proper Treatment of Connectionism

      • Paul Smolensky
      Pages 145-206

  6. Representational Conceptions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Semantics, Wisconsin Style

      • J. A. Fodor
      Pages 209-228

    3. Cognitive Science and the Problem of Semantic Content

      • Ken Sayre
      Pages 229-251

  7. Mentality and Intentionality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. The Primacy of the Intentional

      • Roderick M. Chisholm
      Pages 255-266

    3. Intentionality and its Place in Nature

      • John R. Searle
      Pages 267-280

  8. Epistemology and Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281
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    2. Why Reason can’t be Naturalized

      • Hilary Putnam
      Pages 283-303

    3. The Relation Between Epistemology and Psychology

      • Alvin I. Goldman
      Pages 305-344

  9. The Mental and the Physical

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 345-345
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About this book

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human. (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental, and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. No problem within the field of cognitive inquiry is more difficult than that of developing an adequate conception of the nature of mind and of its mode of operation. Our purpose in compiling the present volume has been to contribute to the pursuit of this objective by bringing together a repre­ sentative cross-section of the principal approaches and the primary players who are engaged in contemporary debate on these crucial issues. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction composed by David Cole, the senior editor of this work, which provides a background for understanding the major problems and alternative solutions, and ends with a selected bibliography intended to promote further research. If our efforts assist others in dealing with these issues, they will have been worthwhile. J. H. F. David J. Cole et at. (eds. ), Philosophy, Mind, and Cognitive Inquiry, ix.

Reviews

`... it offers -- to quote David Cole -- `valuable resources for future research into the theory of mind and in artificial intelligence'. Those of you with an interest in the philosophical underpinnings of cognitive science will enjoy this volume.'
David Hamilton, University of Sussex, 1990

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA

    David J. Cole, James H. Fetzer

  • IBM AI Support Center, Palo Alto, USA

    Terry L. Rankin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy, Mind, and Cognitive Inquiry

  • Book Subtitle: Resources for Understanding Mental Processes

  • Editors: David J. Cole, James H. Fetzer, Terry L. Rankin

  • Series Title: Studies in Cognitive Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1882-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0427-2Published: 28 February 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7340-0Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1882-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-0780

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 450

  • Topics: Philosophy of Education

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