urrently a paradigm shift is occurring in for the conventional understanding of represen- which the traditional view of the brain as tions. The paper also summarizes the rationale for C representing the "things of the world" is the selection of contributions to this volume, which challenged in several respects. The present volume will roughly proceed from relatively "realist" c- is placed at the edge of this transition. Based on the ceptions of representation to more "constructivist" 1997 conference "New Trends in Cognitive Sci- interpretations. The final chapter of discussions, ence" in Vienna, Austria, it tries to collect and in- taped during and at the end of the conference, p- grate evidence from various disciplines such as p- vides the reader with the possibility to reflect upon losophy of science, neuroscience, computational the different approaches and thus contributes to b- approaches, psychology, semiotics, evolutionary ter and more integrative understanding of their biology, social psychology etc., to foster a new thoughts and ideas. understanding of representation. The subjective experience of an outside world This book has a truly interdisciplinary character. It seems to suggest a mapping process where environ- is presented in a form that is readily accessible to mental entities are projected into our mind via some professionals and students alike across the cognitive kind of transmission. While a profound critique of sciences such as neuroscience, computer science, this idea is nearly as old as philosophy, it has gained philosophy, psychology, and sociology.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780306462863
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-306-46286-3
- Verlag: Springer
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.01.2000
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1999
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 1840 g
- Seiten: 304
- Format (B x H x T): 183 x 260 x 23 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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- Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin
- Klinische und Innere Medizin
- Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft