Plato's Camera : How the Physical Brain Captures a Landscape of Abstract Universals /

A noted philosopher draws on the empirical results and conceptual resources of cognitive neuroscience to address questions about the nature of knowledge. In Plato's Camera, eminent philosopher Paul Churchland offers a novel account of how the brain constructs a representation--or "takes a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Churchland, Paul M., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Lichaam en geest.
Filosofie van de geest.
Cognitie.
Neuropsychologie
Philosophy of Mind
Kognitive Entwicklung
Wahrnehmung
Ganzheit
Universals (Philosophy)
Philosophy of mind.
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body.
Universaux.
Philosophie de l'esprit.
Neurosciences cognitives > Philosophie.
Cognitive neuroscience > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • First-level learning, Part 1: Structural changes in the brain and the development of lasting conceptual frameworks
  • First-level learning, Part 2: On the evaluation of maps and their generation by Hebbian learning
  • Second-level learning: Dynamical changes in the brain and domain-shifted redeployment of existing concepts
  • Third-level learning: The regulation and amplification of first- and second-level learning through a growing network of cultural institutions.

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