Philosophy of mind Books

Book SynopsisThe Centered Mind offers a new view of the nature and causal determinants of both reflective thinking and, more generally, the stream of consciousness. Peter Carruthers argues that conscious thought is always sensory-based, relying on the resources of the working-memory system. This system has been much studied by cognitive scientists. It enables sensory images to be sustained and manipulated through attentional signals directed at midlevel sensory areas of the brain. When abstract conceptual representations are bound into these images, we consciously experience ourselves as making judgments or arriving at decisions. Thus one might hear oneself as judging, in inner speech, that it is time to go home, for example. However, our amodal (non-sensory) propositional attitudes are never actually among the contents of this stream of conscious reflection. Our beliefs, goals, and decisions are only ever active in the background of consciousness, working behind the scenes to select the sensory-baTrade ReviewThis impressive, if difficult, book of 'theoretical psychology' critically integrates results from across the cognitive sciences into a theory of 'reflection' . . . [Carruthers] systematizes and advances 'global workspace' theories in the most comprehensive philosophical study yet of the sciences of 'working memory' . . . Even readers who disagree with Carruthers' central claims will enjoy his rich discussions along the way of attention, motor imagery, temporal discounting, mind-wandering and creativity, fluid intelligence, animal cognition, and extended minds. * John Sutton, Australasian Journal of Philosophy *a good example of the genre, meriting careful study from anyone interested in reflection and the stream of consciousness. Carruthers writes clearly and engagingly. He treats his traditional targets with respect. He presents an impressive array of empirical research while both getting into the details and fitting them all into an intelligible order. His aim throughout is to help us better understand the things themselves--reflection and the stream of consciousness -- not to grind some metaphilosophical axe . . . I found reading his book and engaging with his reasoning to be instructive and illuminating. * Elijah Chudnoff, Notre Dame Philosophical Review Online *Although the stream of consciousness seems intimately familiar to us, its underlying nature has been an enduring philosophical and psychological mystery. Carruthers presents a clear and deeply radical solution to this mystery, drawing together a massive array of empirical research in support of an attractively simple sensory-based account of conscious thought. He takes bold positions on a wide range of related issues, including the line between mental activity and passivity, the relationship between working memory and reflective thought, and the gap between our intuitive impressions of our conscious states and the real contents of those states themselves. For those who are curious about these questions, The Centered Mind is a terrific and accessible guide; for those who are already specialists in conscious thought, this book sets the agenda of future research. * Jennifer Nagel, University of Toronto *Peter Carruthers has long been one of our foremost empirically informed philosophers of mind. In this book, he presents a persuasive account of the mechanisms underlying conscious thought and reasoning. Carruthers integrates a wealth of empirical work in the cognitive sciences to develop a novel conception of working memory as the heart of conscious thought and reasoning. Philosophically sophisticated and steeped in psychology and neuroscience, The Centered Mind is essential reading for philosophers and for cognitive scientists concerned with the nature of consciousness and the nature, powers and limits of conscious reasoning. * Neil Levy, Oxford Centre for Neuroethics / Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Propositional Attitudes 3: Perception, Attention, and Consciousness 4: The Nature of Working Memory 5: The Unity of Working Memory 6: Working Memory in Action 7: Reasoning, Working Memory, and Attitudes 8: The Evolution of Reflection 9: Conclusion: The Conscious Mind as Marionette References Index of names Index of subjects

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Book SynopsisThe continuities between human and animal minds are increasingly well understood. This has led many people to make claims about consciousness in animals, which has often been taken to be crucial for their moral standing. Peter Carruthers argues compellingly that there is no fact of the matter to be discovered, and that the question of animal consciousness is of no scientific or ethical significance. Carruthers offers solutions to two related puzzles. The first is about the place of phenomenal--or felt--consciousness in the natural order. Consciousness is shown to comprise fine-grained nonconceptual contents that are globally broadcast to a wide range of cognitive systems for reasoning, decision-making, and verbal report. Moreover, the so-called hard problem of consciousness results merely from the distinctive first-person concepts we can use when thinking about such contents. No special non-physical properties--no so-called qualia--are involved. The second puzzle concerns the distribution of phenomenal consciousness across the animal kingdom. Carruthers shows that there is actually no fact of the matter, because thoughts about consciousness in other creatures require us to project our first-person concepts into their minds; but such projections fail to result in determinate truth-conditions when those minds are significantly unlike our own. This upshot, however, doesn''t matter. It doesn''t matter for science, because no additional property enters the world as one transitions from creatures that are definitely incapable of phenomenal consciousness to those that definitely are (namely, ourselves). And on many views it doesn''t matter for ethics, either, since concern for animals can be grounded in sympathy, which requires only third-person understanding of the desires and emotions of the animals in question, rather than in first-person empathy.Trade ReviewIronically, we are presented with a book whose well-structured chapters offer a series of complex conceptual analyses and empirically-informed arguments about different aspects of consciousness in humans and animals just to recommend readers that 'they should stop thinking about consciousness and start investing their time in more important things.' It is a worthy and enlightening reading, though. * David Villena, Metapsychology *In this well-argued and engaging book, Peter Carruthers makes a comprehensive case for a first-order global workspace theory of phenomenal consciousness, and then considers the upshot for animals: are they phenomenally conscious, and does it matter morally? Answer: there is no fact of the matter about whether animals are phenomenally conscious, but this doesn't change anything morally, because consciousness is not what matters morally. ... Conclusion: this is a great book, written with Carruthers' characteristic insight, lucidity, and open-mindedness. Everyone should read it. * Jonathan Simon, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Peter Carruthers stands out among philosophers for having previously argued that most animals lack conscious experiences. He returns to the question of non-human consciousness in Human and Animal Minds with another striking view. Where he once proposed that the capacity for higher-order thoughts is essential to phenomenal consciousness and restricted to a small number of species, he now regards its significance as indeterminate. He infers that for many species, there is no fact of the matter either way. ... While Carruthers makes a compelling case, many details remain to be filled in. * Derek Shiller, Philosophical Quarterly *Table of Contents1: Important preliminaries 2: Animal minds: The state of the art 3: The need for a theory 4: Some initial possibilities 5: Global-workspace theory 6: Explaining the "hard" problem 7: Animal consciousness: No fact of the matter 8: Does consciousness matter?

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Book SynopsisOxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The essays included in the series provide an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field; those who would like to acquaint themselves with the current state of play in metaethics would do well to start here.Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction 1: David Sobel and Steven Wall: The Objectivist Attempt to Appropriate Subjective Value 2: Claire Kirwin: Value Realism and Idiosyncrasy 3: Matthew Chrisman: Inferentialism as an Alternative to Expressivism 4: Jamie Fritz: Unfitting Absent Emotion 5: Thomas Schmidt: How Reasons Determine Moral Requirements 6: Alison Hills: The Normativity of Aesthetics 7: Antti Kauppinen: The Epistemic vs. The Practical 8: Elise Woodard: Epistemic Atonement 9: Eric Sampson: Moorean Arguments against the Error Theory: A Defense 10: Declan Smithies: The Problem of Morally Repugnant Beliefs

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Book SynopsisFree Imagination argues that the brain''s capacity to imagine is the fundamental basis of human Free Will. Laws of physics need not apply in our internal simulations, so virtually anything is possible there. And since some of our actions can follow from that which we imagine, especially from processes of deliberation that involve imagining possible scenarios and outcomes, our actions inherit the freedom of our imaginings. The creative power of the human imagination may have evolved as a consequence of the demodularization of neural circuitry associated with volitional attentional operations over operands downloadable into a mental workspace where, virtually, anything could be combined with anything else. This new cognitive architecture gave rise to the danger of psychosis. Our schizotypal form of imagination, arising from the promiscuous, generative and iterative combination of disencapsulated operators and operands in a mental workspace, may have evolved only in humans by exapting from existing motoric and other operations involved in volitional hand dexterity to a domain of premotoric simulation. What we imagine into existence can be used for good or evil. Imagination is therefore our greatest tool and weapon. When applied to ourselves, it allows us the possibility of reimagining and then transforming ourselves in light of second-order desires. This gives us the ability to choose to become a new kind of chooser in the future. Other animals lack this second-order Free Will; although they can do otherwise, they cannot want to become otherwise than they are, making them amoral. This book explores the idea that because humans, in contrast, have second-order Free Will, they can be moral or immoral.

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Book SynopsisMotivational hedonism (often called psychological hedonism) claims that everything we do is done in pursuit of pleasure (in the widest sense) and to avoid pain and displeasure (again, in the widest sense). Although perennially attractive, many philosophers and experimental psychologists have claimed to refute it. Human Motives shows how decision-science and the recent science of affect can be used to construct a form of motivational hedonism that evades all previous critiques. On this view, we take decisions by anticipating and responding affectively to the alternatives, with the pleasure / displeasure component of affect constituting the common currency of decision-making. But we do not have to believe that the alternatives will bring us pleasure or displeasure in the future. Rather, those feelings get bound into and become parts of the future-directed representation of the options, rendering the latter attractive or repulsive. Much then depends on what pleasure and displeasure reallyTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: The science of affect 3: The new hedonism 4: Traditional critiques critiqued 5: Feelings versus representations of value 6: Indicatives versus imperatives 7: Pain: A test case 8: Moral motivation References

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Book SynopsisFeelings of Being is the first ever account of the nature, role and variety of ''existential feelings'' in psychiatric illness and in everyday life. There is a great deal of current philosophical and scientific interest in emotional feelings. However, many of the feelings that people struggle to express in their everyday lives do not appear on standard lists of emotions. For example, there are feelings of unreality, surreality, unfamiliarity, estrangement, heightened existence, isolation, emptiness, belonging, significance, insignificance, and the list goes on. Ratcliffe refers to such feelings as ''existential'' because they comprise a changeable sense of being part of a worldIn this book, Ratcliffe argues that existential feelings form a distinctive group by virtue of three characteristics: they are bodily feelings, they constitute ways of relating to the world as a whole, and they are responsible for our sense of reality. He explains how something can be a bodily feeling and, at theTrade ReviewThis book is for those who wonder about normal and pathological existential experiences. Clinicians who have time to pursue philosophy will be enriched. * Patricia E. Murphy. PhD (Rush University Medical Center) *Ratcliffe deserves credit for drawing attention to a shortcoming in the discussion of emotions and feelings and for providing an importance corrective to this tendency. * Phenom Cogn Sci *Table of ContentsPART I - THE STRUCTURE OF EXISTENTIAL FEELING; PART II - VARIETIES OF EXISTENTIAL FEELING IN PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS; PART III - EXISTENTIAL FEELING AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT

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Book SynopsisThere is no denying that thinking comes naturally to human beings. But what are thoughts? How is thought realized in the brain? Does thinking occur in public or is it a purely private affair? Do young children and non-human animals think? Is human thought the same everywhere, or are there culturally specific modes of thought? What is the relationship between thought and language? What kind of responsibility do we have for our thoughts? In this compelling Very Short Introduction, Tim Bayne looks at the nature of thought. Beginning with questions about what thought is and what distinguishes it from other kinds of mental states, he goes on to examine various interpretations of thought from philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and anthropology. By exploring the logical structures of thought and the relationship between thought and other mental phenomena, as well as the mechanisms that make thought possible and the cultural variations that may exist in our thought processes, Bayne looks atTable of Contents1. What is thought? ; 2. The mechanical mind ; 3. The inner sanctum ; 4. Of brutes and babes ; 5. 'They don't think like we do' ; 6. Thought gone wrong ; 7. The ethics of thought ; 8. The limits of thought

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Book SynopsisCausation is a central topic in many areas of philosophy. In metaphysics, philosophers want to know what causation is, and how it is related to laws of nature, probability, action, and freedom of the will. In epistemology, philosophers investigate how causal claims can be inferred from statistical data, and how causation is related to perception, knowledge and explanation. In the philosophy of mind, philosophers want to know whether and how the mind can be said to have causal efficacy, and in ethics, whether there is a moral distinction between acts and omissions and whether the moral value of an act can be judged according to its consequences. And causation is a contested concept in other fields of enquiry, such as biology, physics, and the law. This book provides an in-depth and comprehensive overview of these and other topics, as well as the history of the causation debate from the ancient Greeks to the logical empiricists. The chapters provide surveys of contemporary debates, while often also advancing novel and controversial claims; and each includes a comprehensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading. The book is thus the most comprehensive source of information about causation currently available, and will be invaluable for upper-level undergraduates through to professional philosophers.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Ancient Greeks ; 2. The Medievals ; 3. The Early Moderns ; 4. Hume ; 5. Kant ; 6. The Logical Empiricists ; 7. Regularity Theories ; 8. Counterfactual Theories ; 9. Probabilistic Theories ; 10. Causal Process Theories ; 11. Agency and Interventionist Theories ; 12. Causal Powers and Capacities ; 13. Anti-Reductionism ; 14. Causal Modelling ; 15. Mechanisms ; 16. Causal Pluralism ; 17. Platitudes and Counterexamples ; 18. Causes, Laws and Ontology ; 19. Causal Relata ; 20. The Time-Asymmetry of Causation ; 21. The Psychology of Causal Perception and Reasoning ; 22. Causation and Observation ; 23. Causation and Statistical Inference ; 24. Mental Causation ; 25. Causation, Action, and Free Will ; 26. Causation and Ethics ; 27. Causal Theories of Knowledge and Perception ; 28. Causation and Semantic Content ; 29. Causation and Explanation ; 30. Causation and Reduction ; 31. Causation in Classical Mechanics ; 32. Causation in Statistical Mechanics ; 33. Causation in Quantum Mechanics ; 34. Causation in Spacetime Theories ; 35. Causation in Biology ; 36. Causation in the Social Sciences ; 37. Causation in the Law

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Book SynopsisGeorge Herbert Mead is widely recognized as one of the most brilliantly original American pragmatists. Although he had a profound influence on the development of social philosophy, he published no books in his lifetime. This book captures his wry humor and shrewd reasoning, showing a man comfortable quoting Aristotle alongside Alice in Wonderland.Trade Review"If philosophical eminence be measured by the extent to which a man's writings anticipate the focal problems of a later day and contain a point of view which suggests persuasive solutions to many of them, then George Herbert Mead has justly earned the high praise bestowed upon him by Dewey and Whitehead as a 'seminal mind of the very first order.'"(Nation)

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Book SynopsisHow do you imagine the world, and yourself and others within it? How do you confront the constraints of language, the evils of your particular culture, the limits of your own mind? In this book, James Boyd White brings such questions to a series of works from Western culture.

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Book SynopsisKelli D. Zaytoun draws on Gloria Anzaldúa's thought to present a radically inclusive and expansive approach to selfhood, creativity, scholarship, healing, coalition-building, and activism. Zaytoun focuses on Anzaldúa's naguala/ shapeshifter, a concept of nagualismo. This groundbreaking theory of subjectivity details a dynamic relationship between inner work and public acts that strengthens individuals' roles in social and transformative justice work. Zaytoun's detailed emphasis on la naguala, and Nahua metaphysics specifically, brings much needed attention to Anzaldúa's long-overlooked contribution to the study of subjectivity. The result is a women and queer of color, feminist-focused work aimed at scholars in many disciplines and intended to overcome barriers separating the academy from everyday life and community. An original and moving analysis, Shapeshifting Subjects draws on unpublished archival material to apply Anzaldúa's ideas to new areas of thought and action.Trade Review"A significant text in the scholarship of Gloria Anzaldúa and in Latina/x feminisms in general. Zaytoun's in-depth analysis of la naguala, a key concept in Anzaldúa's work that has been barely theorized, will move Anzaldúa scholarship in new directions."--Mariana Ortega, author of In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self"Shapeshifting Subjects takes us to the radical edge of many untheorized aspects of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theoretical toolbox including shapeshifting, naguala, and intra-relationality. Zaytoun revives the possibilities of shapeshifting for radical feminist work long preoccupied with difference and coalition building, and decolonial methods for healing colonial wounds. Shapeshifing transports ontological becoming with a dazzling array of more-than-human forms of consciousness. Brimming with nuanced critical insights and poignant reflection, you will be moved after reading this book."--Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, author of Love and Empire: Cybermarriage and Citizenship across the AmericasTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Foreword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii INTRODUCTION: Toward a Radically Relational Consciousness 1 CHAPTER ONE. La Naguala in Theory and Practice 9 CHAPTER TWO. “An Artist in the Sense of a Shaman”: Border Arte as Decolonial Practice 41 CHAPTER THREE. Connections with Arab American Feminism 65 CHAPTER FOUR. “Reaching Through the Wound to Connect”: Trauma and Healing as Shapeshifting 95 CONCLUSION: Toward New Potentials of Imagination 121 Notes 131 Works Cited 151 Subject Index 165 Gloria Anzaldúa Works Index 171

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Book SynopsisIn this little but profound volume, Robert Kane and Carolina Sartorio debate a perennial question: Do We Have Free Will? Kane introduces and defends libertarianism about free will: free will is incompatible with determinism; we are free; we are not determined. Sartorio introduces and defends compatibilism about free will: free will is compatible with determinism; we can be free even while our actions are determined through and through. Simplifying tricky terminology and complicated concepts for readers new to the debate, the authors also cover the latest developments on a controversial topic that gets us entangled in questions about blameworthiness and responsibility, coercion and control, and much more. Each author first presents their own side, and then they interact through two rounds of objections and replies. Pedagogical features include standard form arguments, section summaries, bolded key terms and principles, a glossary, and annotated reading lists. ShTrade Review'This superb introduction to free will is highly accessible without paying the price in over-simplification. The debate format does a wonderful job of highlighting the pros and cons of Kane’s and Sartorio’s competing positions on free will. Ideal for an undergraduate course on free will.' - Alfred R. Mele, Florida State University, USA'This is an outstanding book by two of the very top philosophers working on free will and moral responsibility. They are each perfect representatives of the best recent developments of two important positions: libertarianism and compatibilism. The book is clear and lively, and it is a perfect text for an undergraduate course on these topics. Highly recommended!' - John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside, USATable of ContentsSeries Preface Foreword Saul Smilansky Opening Statements 1. The Problem of Free Will: A Libertarian Perspective Robert Kane 2. Free Will and Determinism: A Compatibilism Carolina Sartorio First Round of Replies 3. Reply to Carolina Sartorio’s Opening Statement Robert Kane 4. Reply to Bob Kane’s Opening Statement Carolina Sartorio Second Round of Replies 5. Reply to Carolina Sartorio's Reply Robert Kane 6. Reply to Bob Kane’s Reply Carolina Sartorio Further Readings Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisFoundations of Embodied Learning advances learning, instruction, and the design of educational technologies by rethinking the learner as an integrated system of mind, body, and environment. Body-based processesdirect physical, social, and environmental interactionsare constantly mediating intellectual performance, sensory stimulation, communication abilities, and other conditions of learning. This book's coherent, evidence-based framework articulates principles of grounded and embodied learning for design and its implications for curriculum, classroom instruction, and student formative and summative assessment for scholars and graduate students of educational psychology, instructional design and technology, cognitive science, the learning sciences, and beyond.Trade Review"How do students learn? How can educational practices best support that learning? In this book, Mitchell J. Nathan addresses these enduring questions and deftly builds the case for Grounded and Embodied Learning as a new paradigm for education. He synthesizes decades of theory and research on the role of the body in learning, and he draws practical implications for instruction, learning environment design, and assessment. This is an essential reading that will spark new insights and approaches, both for researchers and for educators."—Martha Wagner Alibali, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA"Mitchell J. Nathan’s book provides a superb review and analysis of work in the field of embodied cognition and makes a compelling case for the educational significance of this research program—a must-read for educators and education researchers."—John T. Bruer, President Emeritus of The James S. McDonnell Foundation"Foundations of Embodied Learning is a heady achievement. Using his encyclopedic command of literatures in cognitive psychology, embodiment, and education, mixing in cognitive neuroscience and philosophy, Mitchell J. Nathan develops an account of learning processes that spans milliseconds to years. By deriving principles that guide both learners and instructors, the text moves from a theoretical exposition of how things are to a practical guide for how things should be. This book is a must-read for learning scientists, psychologists, teacher educators and teachers, instructional designers, and everyone interested in all aspects of human learning." —Arthur Glenberg, Emeritus Professor at Arizona State University, USA, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, and a member of INCO at the University of Salamanca, Spain."This book convincingly argues that the best way—in fact, the only way—for people to really master difficult topics is to ground them in bodily, perceptual, participatory, and enculturated experiences. Masterfully integrating a breathtaking gamut of evidence from neuroscience, psychology, education, and social interactions, this book provides the antidote to modern educational practice, which has too often tried to reduce understanding to mere symbol manipulation. The exciting alternative presented here is to harness the millions of years that Mother Nature has spent honing our systems for perceiving, acting, and interacting to learn about things that haven’t been around long enough to become biological endowments: reading, writing, mathematics, logic, and science. The book erects a lasting edifice from cognitive science theory to educational practice in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and technology—one that offers real progress in constructing learning on top of concrete, robust foundations."—Robert L. Goldstone, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, USA"Mitchell J. Nathan takes us on an epic journey into the world of Grounded and Embodied Learning—from its manifestations at the scale of neurons to the scale of social communities—and shows us a powerful and synthetic way to understand how people learn. Along this journey, he clearly presents both classic and recent studies from cognitive psychology and the learning sciences that make a convincing case for why we need widespread adoption of a GEL paradigm in education and educational research. This book is a must-read for anyone curious about embodiment and for anyone ready for a fresh new perspective on the wonders of human learning."—Victor R. Lee, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University, USA"Psychologists know a lot about the mechanisms of learning, and teachers know a lot about the practice of instruction, but, for too long, these two groups have had little contact with each other. This book should, and I hope will, change all that. It provides a masterful synthesis of a wealth of empirical research—much of which comes from Dr. Nathan’s own lab—that reveals the importance of bodily processes in learning all manner of academic subjects: geometry, algebra, reading, second-language acquisition, to name just a few. If there is one book that belongs on the shelves of anyone interested in bringing the latest advances in educational psychology and embodied cognition into their classrooms, or in the evidence that supports a more body-centric form of pedagogy, this is it."—Lawrence Shapiro, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA"How do students learn? How can educational practices best support that learning? In this book, Mitchell J. Nathan addresses these enduring questions and deftly builds the case for Grounded and Embodied Learning as a new paradigm for education. He synthesizes decades of theory and research on the role of the body in learning, and he draws practical implications for instruction, learning environment design, and assessment. This is an essential reading that will spark new insights and approaches, both for researchers and for educators."—Martha Wagner Alibali, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA"Mitchell J. Nathan’s book provides a superb review and analysis of work in the field of embodied cognition and makes a compelling case for the educational significance of this research program—a must-read for educators and education researchers."—John T. Bruer, President Emeritus of The James S. McDonnell Foundation"Foundations of Embodied Learning is a heady achievement. Using his encyclopedic command of literatures in cognitive psychology, embodiment, and education, mixing in cognitive neuroscience and philosophy, Mitchell J. Nathan develops an account of learning processes that spans milliseconds to years. By deriving principles that guide both learners and instructors, the text moves from a theoretical exposition of how things are to a practical guide for how things should be. This book is a must-read for learning scientists, psychologists, teacher educators and teachers, instructional designers, and everyone interested in all aspects of human learning."—Arthur Glenberg, Emeritus Professor at Arizona State University, USA, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, and a member of INCO at the University of Salamanca, Spain."This book convincingly argues that the best way—in fact, the only way—for people to really master difficult topics is to ground them in bodily, perceptual, participatory, and enculturated experiences. Masterfully integrating a breathtaking gamut of evidence from neuroscience, psychology, education, and social interactions, this book provides the antidote to modern educational practice, which has too often tried to reduce understanding to mere symbol manipulation. The exciting alternative presented here is to harness the millions of years that Mother Nature has spent honing our systems for perceiving, acting, and interacting to learn about things that haven’t been around long enough to become biological endowments: reading, writing, mathematics, logic, and science. The book erects a lasting edifice from cognitive science theory to educational practice in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and technology—one that offers real progress in constructing learning on top of concrete, robust foundations."—Robert L. Goldstone, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, USA"Mitchell J. Nathan takes us on an epic journey into the world of Grounded and Embodied Learning—from its manifestations at the scale of neurons to the scale of social communities—and shows us a powerful and synthetic way to understand how people learn. Along this journey, he clearly presents both classic and recent studies from cognitive psychology and the learning sciences that make a convincing case for why we need widespread adoption of a GEL paradigm in education and educational research. This book is a must-read for anyone curious about embodiment and for anyone ready for a fresh new perspective on the wonders of human learning."—Victor R. Lee, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University, USA"Psychologists know a lot about the mechanisms of learning, and teachers know a lot about the practice of instruction, but, for too long, these two groups have had little contact with each other. This book should, and I hope will, change all that. It provides a masterful synthesis of a wealth of empirical research—much of which comes from Dr. Nathan’s own lab—that reveals the importance of bodily processes in learning all manner of academic subjects: geometry, algebra, reading, second-language acquisition, to name just a few. If there is one book that belongs on the shelves of anyone interested in bringing the latest advances in educational psychology and embodied cognition into their classrooms, or in the evidence that supports a more body-centric form of pedagogy, this is it."—Lawrence Shapiro, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA"Mitchell J. Nathan provides a comprehensive review of work in the field of embodied cognition, synthesizing theory and research on the body’s role in learning and proposing Grounded Embodied Learning (GEL) as a promising framework to guide future educational practice and learning environment design. . . . Based on a comprehensive analysis of research and evidence from philosophy, psychology, neuroscience and education, this book shows that GEL, emphasizing learners’ sensory experiences, body movement and social interactions, can provide new perspectives for teaching design and education reform. It is suitable for both scholars familiar with embodied cognition and desire to discover more about its educational applications and educators and policymakers trying to find solutions to current problems in education."—Jing Zhang, Educational Philosophy and TheoryTable of ContentsPart 1: A Fundamental Problem for Education and a Proposed Solution 1. We are Learning Creatures who Struggle to Design Effective Education Systems: Framing the Problem 2. Why We Need Grounded and Embodied Learning to Improve Education 3. Understanding Grounded and Embodied Learning 4. Forms of Embodiment and Embodied Learning Part 2: The GEL Timescale 5. Embodiment in the Conscious Spectrum 6. Grounding and Embodied Learning in the Conscious Spectrum 7. Biological Basics of Learning 8. Grounding and Embodied Learning in the Biological and 9. Sociocultural Bases of Learning 10. Sociocultural Learning as Common Ground and Engaged Participation Part 3: Implications of GEL for Education Practice and Research 11. Trans-Scale Considerations 12. Grounded and Embodied Learning in the Classroom and Beyond

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1961 this book is divided into two parts. In the first Laing critiques the Kleinian view of unconsciou phantasy, as developed by Susan Sutherland Isaacs. He emphasizes the overwhelming presence of social phantasy systems. In Part 2, Laing discusses the extent to which an individual is or is not invested in their own actions, using ideas drawn from Martin Buber and SartreTable of ContentsPart 1: Modes of Interpersonal Experience 1. Phantasy and Experience 2. Phantasy and Communication 3. Pretence and Illusion 4. Counterpoint and Experience 5. The Coldness of Death Part 2: Forms of Interpersonal Action 6. Complementary Identity 7. Confirmation and Disconfirmation 8. Collusion 9. False and Untenable Positions 10. Attributions and Injunctions

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together perspectives on predictive processing and expected experience. It features contributions from an interdisciplinary group of authors specializing in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.Predictive processing, or predictive coding, is the theory that the brain constantly minimizes the error of its predictions based on the sensory input it receives from the world. This process of prediction error minimization has numerous implications for different forms of conscious and perceptual experience. The chapters in this volume explore these implications and various phenomena related to them. The contributors tackle issues related to precision estimation, sensory prediction, probabilistic perception, and attention, as well as the role predictive processing plays in emotion, action, psychotic experience, anosognosia, and gut complex.Expected Experiences will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science working on issues related to predictive processing and coding.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Mind and World, Predictive Style Tony Cheng, Ryoji Sato, and Jakob Hohwy Part 1: Varieties of Experiences 1. Deep Neurophenomenology: An Active Inference Account of Some Features of Conscious Experience and of Their Disturbance in Major Depressive Disorder Maxwell J. D. Ramstead, Wanja Wiese, Mark Miller, and Karl J. Friston 2. Expectancies and the Generation of Perceptual Experience: Predictive Processing and Phenomenological Control Peter Lush, Zoltan Dienes, and Anil Seth 3. The Synergistic Relationship between Perception and Action Clare Press, Emily Thomas, and Daniel Yon 4. Perceptual Uncertainty, Clarity, and Attention Jonna Vance 5. Predictive Processing and Object Recognition Berit Brogaard and Thomas Alrik Sørensen 6. Predicting First Person and Counterfactual Experiences of Selfhood: Insights from Anosognosia Aikaterini Fotopoulou and Sahba Besharati 7. Predictive Processing in the Second Brain: From Gut Complex to Meta-Awareness Tony Cheng, Lynn Chiu, Linus Huang, Ying-Tung Lin, Hsing-Hao Lee, Yi-Chuan Chen, and Su-Ling Yeh Part 2: Related Theoretical Issues Concerning Bayesian Probability 8. Neural Implementation of (Approximate) Bayesian Inference Michael Rescorla 9. Realism and Instrumentalism in Bayesian Cognitive Science Danielle Jeanenne Williams and Zoe Drayson 10. Bayesian Psychiatry and the Social Focus of Delusions Daniel Williams and Marcella Montagnese 11. Higher-Order Bayesian Statistical Decision Theory of Consciousness, Probabilistic Justification, and Predictive Processing Tony Cheng

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Book SynopsisOne of the main aims of modern mental health care is to understand a person''s explicit and implicit ways of thinking and acting. So, it may seem like the ultimate paradox that mental health care services are currently overflowing with brain concepts belonging to the external, visible brain-world and that neuroscientists are poised to become new experts on human conduct. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Human Mind shows that to create care that is truly innovative, mental health care workers must not only ask questions about how their conceptions of human beings and psychological phenomena came into being, but should also see themselves as co-creators of the mystery they seek to solve.Looking at the human being as a being with a biological body and unique subjective experiences, living in a reciprocal relationship with its sociocultural and historical environment, the book will provide examples and theories that show the necessity of an iTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsSeries editor's prefaceForeword1. Introduction 2. Mind and epistemology 3. A critical and interdisciplinary approach to the human mind4. Freedom and governance in socioeconomic status5. Body-mind-thinking 6. The human mind in concept and experience 7. Subjective minds and general laws 8. Humans, science, and experiences in change

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of The Creative Mind has been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the author.Trade Review'Margaret Boden is compelling reading. In The Creative Mind, she brings her lucid intelligence to bear on demystifying creativity and manages to be highly informative without obscuring the great darkness of her subject.' - Jerome Brunner, Research Professor of Psychology, New York University'If you've ever wondered whether computers are creative, read this thought provoking and timely book.' - Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind and Intelligence Reframed'[Boden] is committed to thoughtfully analysing thought and is one of the world's best commentators on these matters.' - Douglas Hofstadter, Nature'Margaret A. Boden, has been at the forefront of efforts to exorcise Cartesian superstition and establish that the brain is a wonderfully subtle machine.' - George Johnson, New York Times Book Review'A demystifying, up-to-the-minute report, wide-ranging and accessible.' - Kirkus ReviewsPraise for the first edition: 'Enormously enjoyable ... More readable and more literate than the average new novel.' - Christina Hardyment, The Independent'A model of how to popularise current research.' - Times Literary Supplement'I think this text is refreshingly engaging and well written, with plenty of real-life examples to consolidate and extend learning.' - Anthony Curtis'The style is just right - a chatty style to introduce novices to psychology... gives confidence that this is not going to be beyond them.' - Diana Dwyer, South Nottingham College'A fascinating and well argued book, which I recommend to others without reservation: the list of references alone is worth the cover price.' - The Philosophers' Magazine'Boden makes a persuasive case that a computational approach will help explain human creative processes ... written in clear and engaging style.' - Ken Gilhooly, The Psychologist'Margaret A. Boden has been at the forefront of efforts to exorcise Cartesian superstition and establish that the brain is a wonderfully subtle machine.' - George Johnson, New York Times Book Review'Boden makes a persuasive case that a computational approach will help explain human creative processes ... written in clear and engaging style.' - Ken Gilhooly, The Psychologist'[Boden] is committed to thoughtfully analysing thought and is one of the world's best commentators on these matters.' - Douglas Hofstadter, NatureTable of ContentsPreface to the Revised Edition Preface Acknowledgments In a Nutshell 1. The Mystery of Creativity 2. The Story So Far 3. Thinking the Impossible 4. Maps of the Mind 5. Concepts of Communication 6. Creative Connections 7. Unromantic Artists 8. Computer-Scientists 9. Chance, Chaos, Randomness, Unpredictability 10. Elite or Everyman? 11. Of Humans and Hoverflies 12. Epilogue References Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor Aristotle, excellence is not an act but a habit, and Hume regards habit as âthe great guide of lifeâ. However, for Proust habit is problematic: âif habit is a second nature, it prevents us from knowing our first.âWhat is habit? Do habits turn us into machines or free us to do more creative things? Should religious faith be habitual? Does habit help or hinder the practice of philosophy? Why do Luther, Spinoza, Kant, Kierkegaard and Bergson all criticise habit? If habit is both a blessing and a curse, how can we live well in our habits?In this thought-provoking book Clare Carlisle examines habit from a philosophical standpoint. Beginning with a lucid appraisal of habitâs philosophical history she suggests that both receptivity and resistance to change are basic principles of habit-formation. Carlisle shows how the philosophy of habit not only anticipates the discoveries of recent neuroscience but illuminates their ethical significance. She asks whether habit is a relTrade Review"Clare Carlisle's On Habit is a rich and stimulating book on a topic that, despite having long been a key feature of western thinking, has drifted from the forefront of philosophical debate. This text serves as a timely reminder of the remarkably broad range of philosophical issues that reflection on habit covers. … Carlisle does an impressive job of presenting a wide range of broad philosophical issues, including very difficult epistemological and ontological problems, in a way that will be stimulating for both specialists and non-specialists alike." - Jeremy William Dunham, British Journal for the History of PhilosophyA CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2014"Carlisle offers a smart, well-written introduction to habit and the role it plays in people's lives. She provides a broad, far-reaching analysis of the role that habit has played in major philosophical works, ranging from ancient Greece to the present; this analysis is both rigorous and accessible to nonacademic readers. … Carlisle's treatment of the relationship of habit to the topics of freedom of the will and morality is impressive. … She is careful to address concerns about the prima facie incompatibility of free will and habit throughout the book but never gets bogged down in the complicated, highly divisive nature of the free will problem. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - William Simkulet, CHOICE"Remarkably rich in reference, erudite but never ponderous, this finely crafted study brings out the philosophical importance of a hitherto often neglected topic. Elegantly and accessibly written, it has much to offer specialists and general readers alike." - John Cottingham, Heythrop College London and University of Reading, UK"Immensely readable, and offering a myriad of helpful analogies and applications, On Habit is a guide to reflection on some of the defining puzzles of being human, bringing us face to face with fundamental issues relating to identity, morality, and religion. This is not the kind of popular philosophy that does our thinking for us and provides us with ready-made answers, but an invitation to serious thinking about who we really are." - George Pattison, University of Glasgow, UKTable of Contents1. The Concept of Habit 2. Habit and Knowledge 3. Habit and the Good Life 4. Habit, Faith and Grace Conclusion: Habit and Philosophy. Index

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Book SynopsisMindfulness-based approaches to medicine, psychology, neuroscience, healthcare, education, business leadership, and other major societal institutions have become increasingly common. New paradigms are emerging from a confluence of two powerful and potentially synergistic epistemologies: one arising from the wisdom traditions of Asia and the other arising from post-enlightenment empirical science. This book presents the work of internationally renowned experts in the fields of Buddhist scholarship and scientific research, as well as looking at the implementation of mindfulness in healthcare and education settings. Contributors consider the use of mindfulness throughout history and look at the actual meaning of mindfulness whilst identifying the most salient areas for potential synergy and for potential disjunction.Mindfulness: Diverse Perspectives on its Meanings, Origins and Applications provides a place where wisdom teachings, philosophy, history,Table of ContentsEditors' Foreword 1. Mindfulness: diverse perspectives on its meaning, origins, and multiple applications at the intersection of science and dharma 2. What does mindfulness really mean? A canonical perspective 3. Is mindfulness present-centred and non-judgmental? A discussion of the cognitive dimensions of mindfulness 4. The construction of mindfulness 5. Toward an understanding of non-dual mindfulness 6. How does mindfulness transform suffering? I: the nature and origins of Dukkha 7. How does mindfulness transform suffering? II: the transformation of Dukkha 8. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: culture clash or creative fusion? 9. Compassion in the landscape of suffering 10. Meditation and mindfulness 11. The Buddhist roots of mindfulness training: a practitioners view 12. Mindfulness and loving-kindness 13. Mindfulness in higher education 14. ‘Enjoy your death’: leadership lessons forged in the crucible of organizational death and rebirth infused with mindfulness and mastery 15. Mindfulness, by any other name. . . : trials and tribulations of Sati in western psychology and science 16. Measuring mindfulness 17. On some definitions of mindfulness 18. Some reflections on the origins of MBSR, skillful means, and the trouble with maps

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Book SynopsisThis important book provides an engaging, critical overview of the social, political and cultures filters through mental illness has been understood through the ages. Trade Review'This book is an exceptional pedagogical tool for teaching about madness both historically and critically. It provides a unique in-depth overview of the history and key issues of understanding mental health. This book is both contextual and critical – a much-needed teaching resource.' – Katherine Hubbard, University of Surrey, UKTable of ContentsAknowledgemetsPrefacePart I: The history1. Prehistoric perspectives: Excising Demons2. Religious perspectives: Madness in sacred texts3. Ancient Greek perspectives: Madness in the blood4. Medieval perspectives: Madness and witchcraft5. The age of asylums: The mass containment of the mad6. The medicalisation of madness: The rise of psychiatry7. The classification of madness: A history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersPart II: The concepts8. Biological perspectives and treatments 9. Psychoanalytical perspectives and treatments10. Behavioural perspectives and treatments11. Cognitive perspectives and treatmentsPart III: The controversies12. Defining madness13. A critique analysis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders14. Race and mental health services15. Class in counselling and psychotherapy16. The pharmaceutical industryIndex

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Book SynopsisG. E. M. Anscombeâs Intention is a classic of twentieth-century philosophy. The work has been enormously influential despite being a dense and largely misunderstood text. It is a standard reference point for anyone engaging with philosophy of action and philosophy of psychology.In this Routledge Philosophy GuideBook, Rachael Wiseman: situates Intention in relation to Anscombeâs moral philosophy and philosophy of mind considers the influence of Aquinas, Aristotle, Frege, and Wittgenstein on the method and content of Intention adopts a structure for assessing the text that shows how Anscombe unifies the three aspects of the concept of intention considers the influence and implications of the piece whilst distinguishing it from subsequent work in the philosophy of action Ideal for anyone wanting to understand and gain a perspective on Elizabeth Anscombeâs seminal work, this guide is an essenTrade Review‘This book is clearly, beautifully, and thoroughly organized. The content is exciting and offers a thoughtful and compelling reading of Anscombe’s Intention.’Candace Vogler, University of Chicago, USA‘This superb Guidebook is an essential companion for anyone trying to understand Anscombe’s brilliant but somewhat elusive book. It enables the reader to see the unity in what can seem a rather disparate work, in ways that students and professional philosophers alike will find eye opening.' Adrian Haddock, University of Stirling, UKTable of Contents1. Background: Intention in context2. Three aspects of the concept of intention3. (1) Expressions of intention4. (2) Intentional action5. (3) Intention with which6. The unification of the concept of intention7. The influence of Intention in the philosophy of action8. The implications of Intention: moral philosophy, philosophy of psychology & the self

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenon of action in which the mind moves the body has puzzled philosophers over the centuries. In this new edition of a classic work of analytical philosophy, Brian O'Shaughnessy investigates bodily action and attempts to resolve some of the main problems.Trade Review'Brian O'Shaughnessy is one of the best philosophers in England … He has worked by himself largely outside of contemporary philosophical society, and these wild and wonderful volumes reveal with what intensity and on what a scale he has worked … A good philosopher must find his obsession, and it will drive him for the rest of his life … O'Shaughnessy's obsession has been with the most intimate of those relations in which the self stands to the physical or 'external' world; its relation to that part of the physical world which it can move directly and of which it has immediate awareness - the body … The result is a theory of mind and body much richer than anything Wittgenstein would have allowed himself. With its strong personality and wonderful flights of language … the book is accessible to anyone with a taste for sustained philosophical argument and plenty of time.' Thomas Nagel, The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsPart III. Dual Aspect Theory: Introduction; 9. Observation and the will; 10. The scope to the intention; 11. Voluntariness and volition; 12. The proof of a duel aspect theory of physical action; 13. The definition of action; 14. Defining the psychological and the mental; 15. The ontological status of physical action; 16. Dual aspect theory and the epistemology of physical action; Part IV. From Mind to Body: Introduction; 17. The antecedents of action (1): from desires to intention; 18. The antecedents of action (2): from intending to trying; 19. The antecedents of action (3): from will to action; 20. The 'mental pineal gland'.

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Book SynopsisThis unique text for undergraduate courses teaches students to apply critical thinking skills across all academic disciplines by examining popularpseudoscientific claims through a multidisciplinary lens. Rather than merely focusing on critical thinking, the text incorporates the perspectives ofpsychology, biology, physics, medicine, and other disciplines to reinforce different categories of rational explanation. Accessible and engaging, itdescribes what critical thinking is, why it is important, and how to learn and apply skills that promote it. The text also examines why critical thinkingcan be difficult to engage in and explores the psychological and social reasons why people are drawn to and find credence in extraordinary claims. From alien abductions and psychic phenomena to strange creatures and unsupported alternative medical treatments, the text uses examples from a wide rangeof pseudoscientific fields and brings evidence from diverse disciplines to critically examine

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Book SynopsisCavell's Must We Mean What We Say? revolutionized philosophy of ordinary language, aesthetics, ethics, Wittgenstein, Austin, literature, and modernism. These accessible and penetrating essays by distinguished scholars explain how to enter into the sound, the content, and the lasting significance of this distinctively American philosophical voice.

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Book SynopsisChristian philosophers value drawing others to Christian faith. While the integrity of Christian philosophy is defended, questions are raised about its relationship to the overall practice of philosophy. This Element reflects on when it may be philosophically acceptable to appeal to mystery.Table of Contents1. Is 'Christian philosophy' a problem?; 2. Is God's transcendence a problem for Christian philosophy?; 3. Is there a problem with a God's eye point of view?; 4. Is the God of Christian philosophy too exclusive?; 5. God: good and bad problems; References.

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Book SynopsisComprising three philosophical perspectives on the challenges for theorizing expertise by experience in philosophical mental health research, this volume considers how people with lived experience of mental illness contribute to scientific knowledge and personal growth.Table of ContentsIntroduction: What is the Role of Lived Experience in Research? Anna Bergqvist, Alana Wilde, and David Crepaz-Keay; Part One: Voicing Lived Experience as Scientific Knowledge; 1. Art and the Lived Experience of Pain Panayiota Vassilopoulou; 2. A Wide-Enough Range of 'Test Environments' for Psychiatric Disabilities Sofia Jeppsson; 3. Self-Diagnosis in Psychiatry and the Distribution of Social Resources Sam Fellowes; 4. In Defence of the Concept of Mental Illness Zsuzsanna Chappell; Part Two: Co-Producing Meaning; 5. 'The Hermeneutic Problem of Psychiatry' and the Co-production of Meaning in Psychiatric Healthcare Lucienne Spencer and Ian James Kidd; 6. Co-Production and Structural Oppression in Public Mental Health Alana Wilde; 7. Co-Production is Good but Other Things are Good Too Edward Hardcourt and David Crepaz-Keay; Part Three: Navigating Values and Difference; 8. Shared Decision-Making and Relational Moral Agency: On Seeing the Person Behind the 'Expert by Experience' in Mental Health Research Anna Bergqvist; 9. Mad Activism and Reconciliation Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed; 10. Values-Based Practice: A Theory-Practice Dynamic for Navigating Values and Difference in Health Care K. W. M. Fulford and Ashok Handa.

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Book SynopsisThis book develops a new approach to naturalizing phenomenology. The author proposes to integrate phenomenology with the mechanistic framework that offers new methodological perspectives for studying complex mental phenomena such as consciousness.While mechanistic explanatory models are widely applied in cognitive science, their approach to describing subjective phenomena is limited. The author argues that phenomenology can fill this gap. He proposes two novel ways of integrating phenomenology and mechanism. First, he presents a new reading of phenomenological analyses as functional analyses. Such functional phenomenology delivers a functional sketch of a target system and provides constraints on the space of possible mechanisms. Second, he develops the neurophenomenological approach in the direction of dynamic modeling of experience. He shows that neurophenomenology can deliver dynamical constraints on mechanistic models and thus inform the search for an Trade Review"Mechanisms and Consciousness expresses a new voice in the naturalizing phenomenology debate. Marek Pokropski proposes to rethink the issues involved in naturalization in the context of recent discussions about explanatory integration in the cognitive sciences. He provides a lucid overview of the relevant explanatory models, and he articulates a fresh and thought-provoking look at Husserlian phenomenology, bridging it with the seemingly opposite, neomechanistic approach. I recommend this book for those who are intrigued about how to integrate the first-person study of consciousness with cognitive neuroscience."Shaun Gallagher, Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis, USA"Marek Pokropski's book is an excellent contribution to the discussion on mechanistic explanation. By bringing naturalized phenomenology under the mechanistic umbrella, Pokropski offers a highly compelling view on how naturalized phenomenology may proceed further in the study of consciousness. For all serious students of consciousness and phenomenology, this book is a must-read."Marcin Miłkowski□, Polish Academy of Sciences"As Pokropski rightly notes, work on naturalizing phenomenology is often couched in terms of 20th Century conceptions of scientific explanation and integration, ignoring the growing popularity of mechanistic accounts in recent years. Pokropski’s book should change that for the better. Anyone seeking to integrate phenomenology with cognitive science will benefit from reading it."Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Marek Pokropski’s book is a valuable and honest voice in the still heated discussion on the relationship of phenomenology and cognitive sciences. What distinguishes the presented position is, above all, the original, mechanistic-based, integrative perspective, which assumes, first of all, the cooperation of researchers working in various paradigms."Michał Piekarski, Philosophical Psychology"Pokropski shows a strong familiarity with an impressive range of topics across different traditions and disciplines. Readers unfamiliar with work at the intersection of phenomenology and cognitive neuroscience, or with work on mechanistic explanation in the mind sciences, would benefit from a great deal of the text. Overall, Pokropski’s work makes a contribution to the ongoing dialogue between phenomenological philosophy and the empirical sciences of the mind. Readers sympathetic with the (neo)mechanistic approach to cognition will find a number of places in which that approach is brought into fruitful engagement with topics from Husserl’s work."Michael Madary, Husserl Studies"This is an excellent work which makes an innovative and fruitful contribution to the literature. What is novel about the book is its detailed consideration of a topic that has garnered much attention in cognitive science and analytic philosophy over the last 70 years, but which remains (comparatively) understudied in the phenomenological movement: explanation."Heath Williams, Phenomenology and the Cognitive SciencesTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I. Integrating Phenomenology with Cognitive Science1. The Concept of Phenomenology 2. Naturalizing Phenomenology Reconsidered3. Models of Explanation in Cognitive SciencePart II. Phenomenology and Mechanism: In Search of Constraints 4. Phenomenology and Functionalism 5. Phenomenology and Dynamical Modeling6. Conclusion: Towards Methodologically Guided Mutual Constraints

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Book SynopsisD. M. Armstrong''s A Materialist Theory of the Mind is widely known as one of the most important defences of the view that mental states are nothing but physical states of the brain. A landmark of twentieth-century philosophy of mind, it launched the physicalist revolution in approaches to the mind and has been engaged with, debated and puzzled over ever since its first publication over fifty years ago. Ranging over a remarkable number of topics, from behaviourism, the will and knowledge to perception, bodily sensation and introspection, Armstrong argues that mental states play a causally intermediate role between stimuli, other mental states and behavioural responses. He uses several illuminating examples to illustrate this, such as the classic case of pain. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Peter Anstey, placing Armstrong''s book in helpful philosophical and historical context.Trade Review'A groundbreaking book when first published, A Materialist Theory of the Mind remains today one of the most important, influential, and penetrating discussions of the mind available. In addition to advancing a powerful defense of mind-body materialism, it contains rich and illuminating treatments of all the main aspects of mental functioning, from perceiving and mental imagery to thinking, willing, and introspection. At once sophisticated and highly accessible, this is a book anybody interested in the mind should have.' - David Rosenthal, City University New York, USATable of ContentsForeword to the Routledge Classics Edition Peter Anstey Acknowledgements Preface to the 1993 Edition Introduction Part 1: Theories of Mind 1. A Classification of Theories of Mind 2. Dualism 3. The Attribute Theory 4. A Difficulty for any Non-Materialist Theory of Mind 5. Behaviourism 6. The Central-State Theory Part 2: The Concept of Mind 7. The Will (1) 8. The Will (2) 9. Knowledge and Inference 10. Perception and Belief 11. Perception and Behaviour 12. The Secondary Qualities 13. Mental Images 14. Bodily Sensations 15. Introspection 16. Belief and Thought Part 3: The Nature of Mind 17. Identification of the Mental with the Physical Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism is a thoroughly researched interdisciplinary exploration of the critical role metaethical beliefs play in the way morality functions.Whether people are moral objectivists or not is something that deserves much more empirical attention than it has thus far received, not only because it bears upon philosophical claims but also because it is a critical piece of the puzzle of human morality. This book aims to facilitate incorporating the study of metaethical beliefs into existing research programs by providing a roadmap through the theoretical and empirical landscape as it currently exists and evaluating the methodological approaches used thus far. In doing so, it summarizes the key findingsboth in terms of metaethical beliefs and their correlates, causes, and consequencesthat have emerged, and explores the value of this area of study for anyone interested in the development, function, causes, and/or consequences of mTable of ContentsPart I: Studying Metaethical Objectivism—Why, What, and How?1. Introduction 2. Setting the Stage Part II: Methodological Strategies and Challenges—A Review 3. Is it Moral? Measuring Domain Classification 4. Is it Truth-Apt? Measuring Cognitivism vs. Non-Cognitivism 5. Is it Objectively True? Measuring Objectivism Vs. Subjectivism 6. Is it Universally True? Measuring Universalism vs. Relativism Part III: Are the Folk Moral Objectivists? What We Know and Why it Matters 7. Variability in Metaethical Beliefs—Metaethical Pluralism? 8. Correlates, Causes, and Consequences 9. Broader Implications

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection provides a comprehensive and empirically informed discussion on affordances and their role in studying goal-directed behavior, covering philosophical, experimental psychological, neuroscientific, and applied perspectives.Showcasing the work of expert contributors from different backgrounds, the book inspires new directions for future research in affordances. Chapters address questions relating to the definition and perception of affordances, their advantages over stimuli, the relationship between affordances and behavior, and how systems engage with affordances in different tasks and intentions. This question-based format provides a distinctive perspective that allows for a thorough exploration of the expansive field of affordance research.This book serves as a crucial resource for seasoned scientists, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of ecological psychology, sensation and perception, cognition, and the philosopTrade Review“The word 'affordance' is widely used, but many are not aware of its deep theoretical and philosophical roots. The unique editorial approach of Mangalam, Hajnal, and Kelty-Stephen aligns this volume’s diverse chapters along these roots. This strategy interconnects the entire volume in a manner both accessible to newcomers and stimulating to experts.”Rick Dale, Professor, University of California Los Angeles, USA“Embark on a mind-expanding expedition into the science of affordances with this illuminating book. Seamlessly merging philosophy, theory, and real-world applications, it navigates the fascinating terrain of how we perceive and interact with our surroundings. A thought-provoking read that reshapes our understanding of human-environment dynamics.”Benoît G. Bardy, Professor, Montpellier University, France"This wonderful book brings together many of the prominent scholars within ecological psychology to thoroughly discuss and reflect on what affordances afford organisms as well as researchers nowadays. A must-read for anyone who is interested in learning about why people, animals, brains, robots and/or other systems do what they do in the environment that they live in."Lisette de Jonge-Hoekstra, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, The Netherlands“This edited book provides a broad ranging set of chapters (philosophy, perceptual psychology, neuroscience, applications) that takes stock of the contemporary theoretical and experimental work inspired by Gibson’s theory of affordances. Integration is harnessed by each paper addressing the same set of questions on affordances producing a unique resource on Gibson’s still evolving influence.”Karl M. Newell, Professor Emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University, USA“A diverse group of scholars describes an extraordinary palette of research and innovation spawned by an antireductionistic theory once considered radically heterodox. These extant perspectives reflect the exponential growth and transdisciplinary breadth of the theory’s scientific and technical influence. Such interpretations and applications are sure to inspire, challenge, and proliferate.”Gary Riccio, Ph.D., Nascent Science & Technology LLC, USATable of ContentsPART I: Ontology and Epistemology of Affordances 1. Why It Matters That Affordances Are Relations 2. The Sociomaterial Theory of Affordances 3. When It Comes to Affordances, What Do Animals Know and How Do They Know It? 4. Mental Action and the Scope of Affordance Perception 5. An Affordance-Based Approach to the Origins of Concepts 6. Toward an Ecological Theory of Time PART II: The Role of Exploratory Activity and Scale in Perception of Affordances 7. The Dynamics of Affordance Emergence and Perception 8. Description of the World That Agential Systems Fit Into 9. The Role of Exploratory Activity in Affordance Perception 10. Scaling Up: Lawfulness of Affordances Requires Independence From Any Single “Scale of Behavior” PART III: Affordances Through the Lens of Neuroscience 11. Affordance Switching in Self-Organizing Brain-Body-Environment Systems 12. What Is NExT for Affordances? Taking Brains Seriously in Organism-Environment Systems 13. Affordance and Tool Use: A Neurocognitive Approach 14. From Turing to Gibson: Implications of Affordances for the Sciences of Organisms PART IV: Applications of the Ecological Theory of Affordances 15. Understanding Skilled Adaptive Behavior: The Role of Action, Perception and Cognition in an Ecological Dynamics Perspective 16. Disability Through the Lens of Affordances: A Promising Pathway for Transforming Physical Therapy Practice 17. “I Got All I Need to Know About Affordances From Norman”: What Engineers, Designers, and Architects Need to Know About Affordances 18. Perception of Affordances in Interaction With Autonomous Systems 19. On Affordances and Their Entailment for Autonomous Robotic Systems

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Book SynopsisIn this collection of essays, experts in the field of consciousness research shed light on the intricate relationship between conscious and unconscious states of mind.Advancing the debate on consciousness research, this book puts centre stage the topic of commonalities and differences between conscious and unconscious contents of the mind. The collection of cutting-edge chapters offers a breadth of research perspectives, with some arguing that unconscious states have been unjustly overlooked and deserve recognition for their richness and wide scope. Others contend that significant differences between conscious and unconscious states persist, highlighting the importance of their distinct characteristics. Explorations into the nature of the transition from unconscious to conscious mind further complicate the picture, with some authors questioning whether a sharp divide between unconscious and conscious states truly exists.Delving into ontological, epistemological, and meTable of ContentsForeword 1. Introduction: Mapping the contrasts and parallels between conscious and unconscious mind Part I. Conceptual issues 2. Conscious and unconscious qualities: Conceptual relations between phenomenality, what-it’s-likeness, and consciousness 3. Blindsight is unconscious perception 4. Against unconscious volition 5. On the alleged misrepresentation problem. (Not a problem for HOT theories. Not a problem for anyone, really.) Part II. Methodological issues 6. Methodological considerations for the study of mental qualities 7. Can structuralist theories be general theories of consciousness? 8. The old and new criterion problems Part III. Unconscious qualities in perception and emotion 9. The Brain-based argument for unconscious sensory qualities 10. Troubles with the orthogonality thesis 11. Unconsciously smelling the self and others 12. A feeling theory of unconscious emotions Part IV. Attention, degrees of consciousness, and graduality 13. Degrees of attention and degrees of consciousness 14. Template tuning and graded consciousness 15. Colour bit-by-bit: The puzzle of colour development 16. (Un)conscious perspectival shape and attention guidance in visual search: A reply to Morales, Bax, and Firestone (2020)

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Book SynopsisReasoning in Psychopathology adopts a pragmatic conception of reasoning, demonstrating how people with mental disorders develop characteristic strategies of reasoning depending on the particular disorder they have and the emotions they experience.The book argues that these strategies are perfectly rational, as the individuals are using reasoning as a tool at the service of their goals. Through the analysis of the typical reasoning styles of very different psychopathologies, from anxiety disorders to obsessive-compulsive disorder, from schizophrenia to depression and paranoia, the book argues that mental disorders can affect common sense, or social cognition, while rationality is usually preserved. Supported by recent research, the authors claim that people with mental disorders follow the same rules as healthy people, and that in some cases, when the specific topic of their disorder is at stake, they can be even more logical than healthy people.It is a must-read

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Book SynopsisFrom David Humeâs famous puzzle about the missing shade of blue, to current research into the science of colour, the topic of colour is an incredibly fertile region of study and debate, cutting across philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, and aesthetics, as well as psychology. Debates about the nature of our experience of colour and the nature of colour itself are central to contemporary discussion and argument in philosophy of mind and psychology, and philosophy of perception.This outstanding Handbook contains 29 specially commissioned contributions by leading philosophers and examines the most important aspects of philosophy of colour. It is organized into six parts: The Importance of Colour to Philosophy The Science and Spaces of Colour Colour Phenomena Colour Ontology Colour Experience and Epistemology Language, Categories, and Thought. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology, metaphysics, and aesthetics, as well as for those interested in conceptual issues in the psychology of colour.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Philosophy of Colour Derek H. Brown and Fiona Macpherson Part I: The Importance of Colour to Philosophy 1. Colour, Colour Experience, and the Mind-Body Problem Brian P. McLaughlin 2. Colour, Scepticism, and Epistemology Duncan Pritchard and Christopher Ranalli 3. Philosophy of Science Mazviita Chirimuuta 4. Truth, Vagueness, and Semantics Diana Raffman 5. The Logic of Colour Concepts Frederik Gierlinger and Jonathan Westphal 6. Colour and the Arts: Chromatic Perspectives John Kulvicki 7. The Analogy Between Colour and Value Joshua Gert Part II: Interlude: The Science and Spaces of Colour 8. The Science of Colour and Colour Vision Alex Byrne and David R. Hilbert 9. Colour Spaces David Briggs Part III: Colour Phenomena 10. Unique Hues and Colour Experience Mohan Matthen 11. Novel Colour Experiences and their Implications Fiona Macpherson 12. Colour Synaesthesia and Its Philosophical Implications Berit Brogaard 13. Spectrum Inversion Peter W. Ross 14. Interspecies Variations Keith Allen 15. Colour Illusion Michael Watkins 16. Colour Constancy Derek H. Brown Part IV: Colour Ontology 17. Objectivist Reductionism Alex Byrne and David R. Hilbert 18. Primitivist Objectivism Joshua Gert 19. Colour Relationalism Jonathan Cohen 20. Monism and Pluralism Mark Eli Kalderon 21. Mentalist Approaches to Colour Howard Robinson 22. Eliminativism Wayne Wright Part V: Colour Experience and Epistemology 23. How Does Colour Experience Represent the World? Adam Pautz 24. Indirect Realism Barry Maund 25. Does That Which Makes the Sensation of Blue a Mental Fact Escape Us? John Campbell 26. Colour Experiences and ‘Look’ Sentences Wylie Breckenridge Part VI: Language, Categories, and Thought 27. Colour, Colour Language, and Culture Don Dedrick 28. Colour Categorization and Categorical Perception Robert Briscoe 29. Cognitive Penetration and the Perception of Colour Dustin Stokes. Index

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Book SynopsisThrough this book, philosopher and psychoanalyst Aner Govrin demonstrates how psychoanalysisâ engagement with philosophy was crucial in the evolution of new psychoanalytic theories in three areas: perception of truth, developmental theories, and study of psychoanalytic treatment.Beginning with a Freudian perspective, through ego psychology to the intersubjective and the relational approach, Govrin shows that philosophy seeps into psychoanalytic theory itself, becoming a constitutive factor. When we discuss psychoanalysis, we cannot do it without reference to philosophy, since virtually every sentence it has generated harks back to and is embedded in philosophy. Moving onto the Post-psychoanalytic Schools Era in the second part, this seminal volume provides a model for understanding the evolution of psychoanalytic thought in the postmodern era, where âœsensibilitiesâ like the relational approach and infant research replaced the orthodox psychoanalytic schools. Govrin also expl

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