How the mind comes into being

How the mind comes into being: introducing cognitive science from a functional and computational perspective

by Butz, Martin V.

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"More than 2000 years ago Greek philosophers were pondering the puzzling dichotomy between our physical bodies and our seemingly non-physical minds. Yet even today, it remains puzzling how our mind controls our body, and vice versa, how our body shapes our mind. How is it that we can think highly abstract thoughts, seemingly fully detached from the actual, physical reality? This book offers an interdisciplinary introduction to embodied cognitive science, addressing the question of how the mind …

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  • Full title :How the mind comes into being : introducing cognitive science from a functional and computational perspective / Martin V. Butz and Esther F. Kutter.

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"More than 2000 years ago Greek philosophers were pondering the puzzling dichotomy between our physical bodies and our seemingly non-physical minds. Yet even today, it remains puzzling how our mind controls our body, and vice versa, how our body shapes our mind. How is it that we can think highly abstract thoughts, seemingly fully detached from the actual, physical reality? This book offers an interdisciplinary introduction to embodied cognitive science, addressing the question of how the mind comes into being while actively interacting with and learning from the environment by means of the own body."--Résumé de l'éditeur

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2017.
  • Edition:First edition

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  • Description:1 ressource en ligne : : illustrations, fichiers HTML

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191834462, 0191834467
  • oclc:on1132125586
  • LC Classification:BF311
  • Dewey Decimal:612.823342

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