Wilson, Robert A.

Boundaries of the mind : the individual in the fragile sciences : cognition / Robert A. Wilson. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - xvii, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-353) and index.

Part I. Disciplining the Individual and the Mind: 1. The individual in the fragile sciences; 2. Individuals, psychology and the mind; 3. Nativism on my mind; Part II. Individualism and Externalism in the Philosophy of Mind and the Cognitive Sciences: 4. Individualism: philosophical foundations; 5. Metaphysics, mind and science: two views of realization; 6. Context-sensitive realizations; 7. Representation, computation and cognitive science; Part III. Thinking through and beyond the Body: 8. The embedded mind and cognition; 9. Expanding consciousness; 10. Intentionality and phenomenology; Part IV. The Cognitive Metaphor in the Biological and Social Sciences: 11. Group minds in historical perspective; 12. The group mind hypothesis in contemporary biology and social science; Notes; References; Index.

052183645X 0521544947 (pbk.)

2003065268


Philosophy of mind.
Mind and body.

BD418.3 / .W535 2004

153 WIL