Deconstructing the mind

by Stich, Stephen P.

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Title Statements

Full title :Deconstructing the mind / Stephen P. Stich.

Summary

During the past two decades, debates over the viability of commonsense psychology have occupied center stage in both cognitive science and the philosophy of mind. A group of prominent philosophers known as eliminativists argue that advances in cognitive science and neuroscience will ultimately justify a rejection of our folk theory of mind because it gives a radically mistaken account of mental life. InDeconstructing the Mind, distinguished philosopher Stephen Stich, once a leading advocate of eliminativism, offers a bold and compelling reassessment of this view. The book opens with a groundbreaking multi-part essay in which Stich maintains that even if the sciences develop in the ways that eliminativists foresee, none of the arguments for ontological elimination are tenable. Succeeding essays explore folk psychology in more detail, develop a systematic critique of simulation theory, and counter widespread concern about naturalizing psychological properties.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1998.
Edition:Repr. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1998.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:058527827X, 9780585278278, 9780195126662, 0195126661, 0198026080, 9780198026082
oclc:ocm45733207
LC Classification:BD418.3
Dewey Decimal:128.2

Subjects

Cognitive science Connectionism Connexionnisme Mental representation Philosophie de l'esprit Philosophy of mind Psychologie et philosophie PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology Psychology and philosophy Représentation mentale SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science Sciences cognitives