{"product_id":"the-cognitive-life-of-maps-isbn-9780262547086","title":"The Cognitive Life of Maps","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe “mapness of maps”—how maps live in interaction with their users, and what this tells us about what they are and how they work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a sense, maps are temporarily alive for those who design, draw, and use them. They have, for the moment, a cognitive life. To grapple with what this means—to ask how maps can be alive, and what kind of life they have—is to explore the core question of what maps are. And this is what Roberto Casati does in \u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Life of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e, in the process assembling the conceptual tools for understanding why maps have the power they have, why they are so widely used, and how we use (and misuse) them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on insights from cognitive science and philosophy of mind, Casati considers the main claims around what maps are and how they work—their specific syntax, peculiar semantics, and pragmatics. He proposes a series of steps that can lead to a precise theory of maps, one that reveals what maps have in common with diagrams, pictures, and texts, and what makes them different. This minimal theory of maps helps us to see maps nested in many cognitive artifacts—clock faces, musical notation, writing, calendars, and numerical series, for instance. It also allows us to tackle the issue of the territorialization of maps—to show how maps can be used to draw specific spatial inferences about territories. From the mechanics of maps used for navigation to the differences and similarities between maps and pictures and models, Casati's ambitious work is a cognitive map in its own right, charting the way to a new understanding of what maps mean.Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003eAn Overview 1\u003cbr\u003e1 A Toolbox and the Mechanics 11\u003cbr\u003e2 The Central Features of Maps: Systematicity, Hypergenerativity 41\u003cbr\u003e3 Pictures and Maps, Pictures as Maps, and Some Other Maps 83\u003cbr\u003e4 Maps, Navigation, and Situation: Red Dots, Green Dots 109\u003cbr\u003e5 Maps and Models 133\u003cbr\u003e6 Clockfaces 151\u003cbr\u003e7 Music Notation as Map 167\u003cbr\u003e8 Organizers as Maps 181\u003cbr\u003e9 Concluding Remarks: The Cognitivie Life of Maps 201\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Maps in the Brain? 213\u003cbr\u003eNotes 217\u003cbr\u003eReferences 225\u003cbr\u003eIndex 239\"[A] different and interesting snack for my brain to chew on....it is clear that Casati has a deep respect for the process of making an ordinary map....\u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Life of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e might not be a required read for cartographers or GIS practitioners, but it may just help a stagnant mapmaker think about their craft in novel and interesting new ways.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCartographic Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[I]diosyncratic choices are part of the charm of the book....Many readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Life of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e are sure to be surprised that it is not quite what one would expect from the title, as the book addresses a much broader range of representations than are traditionally thought of as maps. Although many readers may be surprised, few will be disappointed: they will be delighted.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Life of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insights into philosophical debates on maps and cognitive artifacts. By engaging in an extensive discussion of different examples of maps and their applications, the book aids in developing a philosophy of maps, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of technology, and cognitive science.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Life of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph. Casati is a trustworthy and adventurous guide to this most important cognitive terrain. Never dogmatic, but always opinionated, this book is carefully argued and beautifully written. The topic is maps, but really this is a book about our cognitive lives, and as such it makes original and exciting contributions to philosophical and empirical studies of the human mind.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Alva Noë, UC Berkeley, author of \u003ci\u003eAction in Perception\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The Cognitive Life of Maps \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a double model. It is a model of how to bring each of metaphysics, cognitive science, and epistemology to bear on a topic—external maps—with each discipline's contribution illuminating that of the others. It is also a model of presentation: Casati's chatty style leads the reader smoothly into the deepest issues about maps and their cognitive role without any loss of rigor.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Christopher Peacocke, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003eRoberto Casati is Director of the Jean Nicod Institute and Professor at EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) in Paris. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Visual World of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParts and Places, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHoles and Other Superficialities\u003c\/i\u003e (all MIT Press).","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304653181157,"sku":"NP9780262547086","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262547086.jpg?v=1767738725","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-cognitive-life-of-maps-isbn-9780262547086","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}