The Foundations of Cognitive Science

Edited by João Branquinho

A Clarendon Press Publication

The Foundations of Cognitive Science

Edited by João Branquinho

A Clarendon Press Publication

Description

Written by a stellar group of internationally renowned scholars, this work gathers thirteen new essays on key topics in the lively, interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. Philosophers, psychologists, and neurologists come together to investigate such fascinating subjects as the neural basis of language, cognition, and emotion; consciousness; vision; rationality; artificial life; and the relations between mind and world--our representation of numbers and space, for instance. For anyone who has ever been fascinated by the exploration of the human mind, this book is a must.

The Foundations of Cognitive Science

Edited by João Branquinho

A Clarendon Press Publication

Introduction
1. How Not to Find the Neural Correlate of Consciousness, Ned Block
2. Life and Cognition, Margaret Boden
3. The Representation of Number in Natural Language Syntax and in the Language of Thought: A Case Study of the Evolution and Development of Representational Resources, Susan Carey
4. The View From Here: The Nonsymbolic Structure of Spatial Representation, Ilya Farber, Will Peterman, and Patricia Smith Churchland
5. Toward a Cognitive Neurobiology of the Moral Virtues, Paul M. Churchland
6. Reflections on the Neurobiology of Emotion and Feeling, Antonio R. Damasio
7. Words and Concepts in the Brain, Hanna Damasio
8. What Thought Requires, Donald Davidson
9. Things About Things, Daniel C. Dennett
10. On Referential Semantics and Cognitive Science, James T. Higginbotham
11. Theories of Concepts: A Wider Task, Christopher Peacocke
12. Connecting Vision with the World: Tracking the Missing Link, Zenon W. Pylyshyn
13. Rationality and Action, John R. Searle
Bibliography, Index of Names

The Foundations of Cognitive Science

Edited by João Branquinho

A Clarendon Press Publication

Author Information

João Branquinho is Professor of Philosophy at Lisbon University.

Contributors:

Ned Block, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at New York University
Margaret Boden, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, University of Sussex
Susan Carey, Professor of Psychology at New York University
Ilya Farber, University of California, San Diego
Will Peterman, Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California at San Diego
Patricia Smith Churchland, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at San Diego
Paul M. Churchland, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at San Diego
Antonio R. Damasio, Van Allen Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa
Hanna Damasio, Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa
Donald Davidson, Willie S., and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California in Berkeley
Daniel C. Dennett, Distinguished Arts and Sciences Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University
James T. Higginbotham, Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics, University of Southern California
Christopher Peacocke, Professor of Philosophy at New York University
Zenon W. Pylyshyn, Board of Governors Professor of Cognitive Science at Rutgers University
John R. Searle, Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language at the University of California at Berkeley.