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Author : Paul M. Churchland
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262531061
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Neurocomputational Perspective written by Paul M. Churchland and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Bradford book."Includes index. Bibliography: p. [305]-313.
Author : Paul M. Churchland
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ISBN 13 : 9780262270328
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Neurocomputational perspective written by Paul M. Churchland and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J.A. Reggia
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080862460
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Disorders of Brain, Behavior, and Cognition: The Neurocomputational Perspective written by J.A. Reggia and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1999-09-16 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains selected contributions of papers, many presented at the Second International Workshop on Neural Modeling of Brain Disorders, as well as a few additional papers on related topics, including a wide range of presentations describing computational models of neurological, neuropsychological and psychiatric disorders. It is a unique, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art of modeling cognitive and brain disorders, appealing to a multidisciplinary audience of clinicians, psychologists, neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, and other neural network researchers. The rest of the book is organized along four main themes, involving memory, neuropsychological, neurological and psychiatric disorders. In general, the cognitive disorders and these psychiatric diseases traditionally regarded as "functional" were modeled along functional lines, while those disorders traditionally viewed as "organic" neurological diseases generally drew more from knowledge of the underlying neurobiology and pathophysiology.
Author : Paul M. Churchland
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262531429
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (314 download)
Download or read book The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul written by Paul M. Churchland and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work summarizes results from neuroscience and recent work with artificial neural networks that together suggest a unified set of answers to questions about how the brain actually works; how it sustains a thinking, feeling, dreaming self; and how it sustains a self-conscious person.
Author : Patricia S. Churchland
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262532006
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Brain-Wise written by Patricia S. Churchland and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002-10-02 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress in the neurosciences is profoundly changing our conception of ourselves. Contrary to time-honored intuition, the mind turns out to be a complex of brain functions. And contrary to the wishful thinking of some philosophers, there is no stemming the revolutionary impact that brain research will have on our understanding of how the mind works. Brain-Wise is the sequel to Patricia Smith Churchland's Neurophilosophy, the book that launched a subfield. In a clear, conversational manner, this book examines old questions about the nature of the mind within the new framework of the brain sciences. What, it asks, is the neurobiological basis of consciousness, the self, and free choice? How does the brain learn about the external world and about its own introspective world? What can neurophilosophy tell us about the basis and significance of religious and moral experiences? Drawing on results from research at the neuronal, neurochemical, system, and whole-brain levels, the book gives an up-to-date perspective on the state of neurophilosophy—what we know, what we do not know, and where things may go from here.
Author : Brian L. Keeley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521830119
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Paul Churchland written by Brian L. Keeley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an introduction to Churchland's work, alongside a critique of his most famous philosophical positions.
Author : R. Scott Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317089650
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality written by R. Scott Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophical naturalism is taken to be the preferred and reigning epistemology and metaphysics that underwrites many ideas and knowledge claims. But what if we cannot know reality on that basis? What if the institution of science is threatened by its reliance on naturalism? R. Scott Smith argues in a fresh way that we cannot know reality on the basis of naturalism. Moreover, the "fact-value" split has failed to serve our interests of wanting to know reality. The author provocatively argues that since we can know reality, it must be due to a non-naturalistic ontology, best explained by the fact that human knowers are made and designed by God. The book offers fresh implications for the testing of religious truth-claims, science, ethics, education, and public policy. Consequently, naturalism and the fact-value split are shown to be false, and Christian theism is shown to be true.
Author : John Haugeland
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262581530
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Mind Design II written by John Haugeland and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1997-03-06 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mind design is the endeavor to understand mind (thinking, intellect) in terms of its design (how it is built, how it works). Unlike traditional empirical psychology, it is more oriented toward the "how" than the "what." An experiment in mind design is more likely to be an attempt to build something and make it work—as in artificial intelligence—than to observe or analyze what already exists. Mind design is psychology by reverse engineering. When Mind Design was first published in 1981, it became a classic in the then-nascent fields of cognitive science and AI. This second edition retains four landmark essays from the first, adding to them one earlier milestone (Turing's "Computing Machinery and Intelligence") and eleven more recent articles about connectionism, dynamical systems, and symbolic versus nonsymbolic models. The contributors are divided about evenly between philosophers and scientists. Yet all are "philosophical" in that they address fundamental issues and concepts; and all are "scientific" in that they are technically sophisticated and concerned with concrete empirical research. Contributors Rodney A. Brooks, Paul M. Churchland, Andy Clark, Daniel C. Dennett, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Jerry A. Fodor, Joseph Garon, John Haugeland, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, William Ramsey, Jay F. Rosenberg, David E. Rumelhart, John R. Searle, Herbert A. Simon, Paul Smolensky, Stephen Stich, A.M. Turing, Timothy van Gelder
Author : Sacha Bem
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 144629210X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Issues in Psychology written by Sacha Bem and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bem and de Jong present complex ideas in an accessible manner. Theoretical Issues in Psychology gives undergraduate psychology students all the resources they need to begin reflecting on the most pressing conceptual issues in their discipline. - Stuart Wilson, Queen Margaret University The 3rd edition of Theoretical Issues in Psychology provides an authoritative overview of the conceptual issues in psychology which introduces the underlying philosophies that underpin them. It includes new insights across the philosophy of science combined with increased psychological coverage to show clearly how these two communities interrelate, ensuring an integrative understanding of the fundamental debates and how they link to your wider studies. Key features of this new edition include: Concise paragraphs, multiple examples and additional summaries throughout to help you focus on key areas of knowledge. Textboxes with definitions and key concepts to help your understanding of the main debates and ideas. New content on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognition and cognitive neuroscience. New up-to-date material on consciousness and evolutionary psychology. For lecturers and teachers, PowerPoint slides are available for each chapter. Sacha Bem & Huib Looren de Jong′s textbook remains essential for students taking courses in conceptual and historical issues in psychology, the philosophy of psychology or theoretical psychology.
Author : James J. Giordano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139487272
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics written by James J. Giordano and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While neuroscience has provided insights into the structure and function of nervous systems, hard questions remain about the nature of consciousness, mind, and self. Perhaps the most difficult questions involve the meaning of neuroscientific information, and how to pursue and utilize neuroscientific knowledge in ways that are consistent with some construal of social 'good'. Written for researchers and graduate students in neuroscience and bioethics, Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics explores important developments in neuroscience and neurotechnology, and addresses the philosophical, ethical, and social issues and problems that such advancements generate. It examines three core questions. First, what is the scope and direction of neuroscientific inquiry? Second, how has progress to date affected scientific and philosophical ideas, and finally, what ethical issues and problems does this progress and knowledge incur, both now and in the future?
Author : Sacha Bem
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761942016
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Issues in Psychology written by Sacha Bem and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised edition of the classic textbook explores a wide range of problems in psychology, philosophy, cognitive and brains sciences, identifying the major topics, debates, and controversies and presenting them in a balanced and accessible manner for students.
Author : Robert G. Burton
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791415078
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Natural and Artificial Minds written by Robert G. Burton and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and explores six current approaches to the study of mind: the neuroscientific, the behavioral, the competence approach, the ecological, the phenomenological, and the computational. No other book in cognitive science covers such a broad range of research programs and topics in such a balanced fashion. The first chapter is a mini-history and philosophy of psychology which reviews some of the scientific developments and philosophical arguments behind these six different approaches. Each subsequent chapter presents work that is on the frontiers of research in its field.
Author : Rogier B. Mars
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262016435
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Neural Basis of Motivational and Cognitive Control written by Rogier B. Mars and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary overview of key approaches in the study of cognitive control and decision making.
Author : Susan Haack
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615923837
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)
Download or read book Evidence and Inquiry written by Susan Haack and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important new work, Haack develops an original theory of empirical evidence or justification, and argues its appropriateness to the goals of inquiry. In so doing, Haack provides detailed critical case studies of Lewis's foundationalism; Davidson's and Bonjour's coherentism; Popper's 'epistemology without a knowing subject'; Quine's naturalism; Goldman's reliabilism; and Rorty's, Stich's, and the Churchlands' recent obituaries of epistemology.
Author : Sam Coleman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107141990
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Knowledge Argument written by Sam Coleman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cutting-edge and groundbreaking set of new essays by top philosophers on key topics related to the ever-influential knowledge argument.
Author : Susan Haack
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615921680
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)
Download or read book Defending Science - within Reason written by Susan Haack and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Avoiding the twin pitfalls of scientism and cynicism, noted philosopher Susan Haack argues that, fallible and flawed as they are, the natural sciences have been among the most successful of human enterprises-valuable not only for the vast, interlocking body of knowledge they have discovered, and not only for the technological advances that have improved our lives, but as a manifestation of the human talent for inquiry at its imperfect but sometimes remarkable best. This wide-ranging, trenchant, and illuminating book explores the complexities of scientific evidence, and the multifarious ways in which the sciences have refined and amplified the methods of everyday empirical inquiry; articulates the ways in which the social sciences are like the natural sciences, and the ways in which they are different; disentangles the confusions of radical rhetoricians and cynical sociologists of science; exposes the evasions of apologists for religious resistance to scientific advances; weighs the benefits and the dangers of technology; tracks the efforts of the legal system to make the best use of scientific testimony; and tackles predictions of the eventual culmination, or annihilation, of the scientific enterprise. Writing with verve and wry humor, in a witty, direct, and accessible style, Haack takes readers beyond the "Science Wars" to a balanced understanding of the value, and the limitations, of the scientific enterprise.
Author : Frank Krueger
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1136234985
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)
Download or read book The Neural Basis of Human Belief Systems written by Frank Krueger and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the everyday understanding of belief susceptible to scientific investigation? Belief is one of the most commonly used, yet unexplained terms in neuroscience. Beliefs can be seen as forms of mental representations and one of the building blocks of our conscious thoughts. This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of what we currently know about the neural basis of human belief systems, and how different belief systems are implemented in the human brain. The chapters in this volume explain how the neural correlates of beliefs mediate a range of explicit and implicit behaviours ranging from moral decision making, to the practice of religion. Drawing inferences from philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, religion, and cognitive neuroscience, the book has important implications for understanding how different belief systems are implemented in the human brain, and outlines the directions which research on the cognitive neuroscience of beliefs should take in the future. The Neural Basis of Human Belief Systems will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of psychology, philosophy, psychiatry, and cognitive neuroscience.
