The act of thinking /

A new theory proposes that thinking is a learned action. In this remarkable monograph, Derek Melser argues that the core assumption of both folk psychology and cognitive science--that thinking goes on in the head--is mistaken. Melser argues that thinking is not an intracranial process of any kind, m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melser, Derek
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Thought and thinking.
Act (Philosophy)
Thinking
Pensée.
Action (Philosophie)
thinking.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Thought and thinking
Philosophy & Religion.
Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : is thinking a natural process, or is it an action?
  • 1. Action-based theories of thinking (1)
  • 2. Action-based theories of thinking (2)
  • 3. Concerted activity
  • 4. The tokening of concerted activity
  • 5. Derivation of solo action from concerting
  • 6. Concerted perceiving and the tokening of it
  • 7. Thinking
  • 8. Where our notion of the mind comes from (1)
  • 9. Where our notion of the mind comes from (2)
  • 10. Literal paraphrases of the mind metaphors
  • 11. Our knowledge of actions
  • App. A sample of mind metaphors.

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