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This book examines the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing links philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments.

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Part I. Foundations: 1. Naturalism and teleology; 2. Externalism and internalism; 3. Spencer’s Version; 4. Dewey’s version; 5. On construction; 6. The question of correspondence; Part II. Models: 7. Adaptive plasticity; 8. The signal detection model; 9. Complex individuals, complex populations.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 9/28/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521646246, 978-0521646246
      ISBN10: 0521646243
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing links philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments.

      Table of Contents
      Part I. Foundations: 1. Naturalism and teleology; 2. Externalism and internalism; 3. Spencer’s Version; 4. Dewey’s version; 5. On construction; 6. The question of correspondence; Part II. Models: 7. Adaptive plasticity; 8. The signal detection model; 9. Complex individuals, complex populations.

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