The mind incarnate /

"How are the mind and body harnessed together? In The Mind Incarnate Lawrence Shapiro addresses this question by testing two widely accepted hypothesis, the multiple realizability thesis and the separability thesis. He argues that there is significant - though far from decisive - evidence again...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shapiro, Lawrence A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Colección:Life and mind.
Temas:
Mind and body.
Human information processing.
Perception.
Body Image
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Mental Processes
Perception
Traitement de l'information chez l'être humain.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Human information processing
Mind and body
Psychology.
Social Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The multiple realizability thesis : significance, scope, and support
  • The multiple realizability thesis from an empirical standpoint
  • Constraints
  • Constraints on brains
  • Multiple realizability and the special sciences
  • Disembodied minds
  • Embodied minds
  • Final thoughts.

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