Coherence in thought and action /

This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in. Making sense is the activity of fitting something puzzling into a coherent pattern of mental representations that include concepts, beliefs, goals, and actions. Paul Thagard proposes a general theory of coherenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thagard, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
©2000
Series:Life and mind.
Subjects:
Truth > Coherence theory.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Truth Disclosure
Vérité > Théorie de la cohérence.
Consentement éclairé (Droit médical)
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Truth > Coherence theory
Coherentietheorie.
Kennis.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Coherence in philosophy and psychology
  • Coherence as constraint satisfaction
  • Knowledge
  • Reality
  • Ethics and politics
  • Emotion
  • Consensus
  • Probability
  • The future of coherence.

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