The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes

The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this book, Mark Rowlands challenges the Cartesian view of the mind as a self-contained monadic entity, and offers in its place a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes. Cognition is not something done exclusively in the head, but fundamentally something done in the world. Drawing on both evolutionary theory and a detailed examination of the processes involved in perception, memory, thought and language use, Rowlands argues that cognition is, in part, a process whereby creatures manipulate and exploit relevant objects in their environment. It is not simply an internal process of information processing; equally significantly, it is an external process of information processing. This innovative book provides a foundation for an unorthodox but increasingly popular view of the nature of cognition.

Book information

ISBN: 9780521049795
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 128.2
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 284
Weight: 378g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 16mm