Cartesian Psychology and Physical Minds Individualism and the Science of the Mind |
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| Author:
| Wilson, Robert Andrew |
| Contribution by:
| Dancy, Jonathan
Haldane, John
Harman, Gilbert
Jackson, Frank
Lucan, William G.
Sosa, Ernest |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-59734-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $44.99 |
Book Description:
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This book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology, a view that has been the subject of debate between philosophers such as Jerry Fodor and Tyler Burge for many years. Rob Wilson approaches individualism as an issue in the philosophy of science, and by discussing issues such as computationalism and the mind's modularity, he opens the subject up for non-philosophers in psychology and computer science. Because the topic is so central to the philosophy of mind, an area...
More DescriptionThis book offers an extensive critique of individualism in psychology, a view that has been the subject of debate between philosophers such as Jerry Fodor and Tyler Burge for many years. Rob Wilson approaches individualism as an issue in the philosophy of science, and by discussing issues such as computationalism and the mind's modularity, he opens the subject up for non-philosophers in psychology and computer science. Because the topic is so central to the philosophy of mind, an area generating enormous research and debate at present, the book has implications for a very broad range of philosophical issues .