{"product_id":"contemporary-debates-in-cognitive-science-isbn-9781405113052","title":"Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science","description":"This volume introduces central issues in cognitive science by means of debates on key questions. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe debates are written by renowned experts in the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe debates cover the middle ground as well as the extremes\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses topics such as the amount of innate knowledge, bounded rationality and the role of perception in action.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides valuable overview of the field in a clear and easily comprehensible form.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJust How Modular Is the Mind? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Case for Massively Modular Models of Mind 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Carruthers \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Is the Mind Really Modular? 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJesse J. Prinz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Is the Human Mind Massively Modular? 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Samuels \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Much Knowledge of Language Is Innate? 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Irrational Nativist Exuberance 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara C. Scholz and Geoffrey K. Pullum \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Case for Linguistic Nativism 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert J. Matthews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 On the Innateness of Language 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames McGilvray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHas Cognitive Science Shown That Human Beings Are Cognitively Bounded, Or Irrational? 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Bounded and Rational 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerd Gigerenzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Bounded Rationality and the Enlightenment Picture of Cognitive Virtue 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Matheson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre Rules and Representations Necessary To Explain Systematicity? 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Cognition Needs Syntax but not Rules 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTerence Horgan and John Tienson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Phenomena and Mechanisms: Putting the Symbolic, Connectionist, and Dynamical Systems Debate in Broader Perspective 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdele Abrahamsen and William Bechtel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Consciousness and Qualia Be Reduced? 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Consciousness and Qualia Can Be Reduced 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam G. Lycan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Consciousness and Qualia Cannot Be Reduced 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrie Gertler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoes Cognitive Science Need External Content at All? 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Locating Meaning in the Mind (Where It Belongs) 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRay Jackendoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Intentional Inexistence of Language – But Not Cars 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorges Rey \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? 259\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirk Ludwig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Is the Aim of Perception to Provide Accurate Representations? A Case for the “No” Side 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Viger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Mental States, Knowledge in Particular, Be Divided Into a Narrow Component and a Broad Component? 289\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Can Cognition be Factorized into Internal and External Components? 291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Williamson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Internal and External Components of Cognition 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalph Wedgwood \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 326\u003c\/p\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eContemporary Debates in Cognitive Science\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to debates in the philosophy of cognitive science. Many of this volume's 18 previously unpublished papers also provide overviews of recent work by the authors, so this would also be a good choice for those who would like to keep up with the latest thinking of many leaders in the field.\" \u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable volume. It’s an excellent text for upper division courses, and it also makes important original contributions to research on a number of “hot” topics in cognitive science.\" \u003ci\u003eStephen Stich, Rutgers University\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an impressive collection of papers by a very strong group of philosophers. Students of philosophy and cognitive science will find that this book afffords a valuable introduction to a range of problems that are both basic and important. Experts will find that the papers make new and significant contributions to living debates. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the nature of mind and in the prospects for scientific understanding of its nature.\" \u003ci\u003eAlva Noë, University of Caifornia, Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert J. Stainton\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario. He has published some 40 articles on various topics in linguistics and philosophy, and has authored or edited eight previous books, including \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Perspectives on Language\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eKnowledge and Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(2000) and is co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).  This volume introduces central issues in cognitive science by means of debates on key questions. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenowned experts in the field contribute to the debates from different perspectives, covering the middle ground as well as the extremes. They address such topics as the degree of modularity of the mind, the amount of innate knowledge, whether human cognition is bounded, the role of perception in action, the place of external elements in mental states, and the importance of rules and representations for explaining systematicity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume as a whole provides a valuable overview of the field in a clear and easily comprehensible form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988981465317,"sku":"NP9781405113052","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405113052.jpg?v=1761782302","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/contemporary-debates-in-cognitive-science-isbn-9781405113052","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}