Mental mechanisms : philosophical perspectives on cognitive neuroscience / William Bechtel.

Author
Bechtel, William [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Routledge, ©2008.
Description
xiii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-296) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Naturalism and mechanism: outlines of a new philosophy of science
    • From mental phenomena to operations: delineating and decomposing memory
    • From working parts to operations: decomposing visual processing
    • Reduction and independence of higher-level sciences: a rapprochement
    • Representations and mental mechanisms
    • From responsive to active mechanisms
    • Confronting mechanism's critics: accounting for freedom and dignity via mental mechanisms.
    ISBN
    • 9780805863338 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0805863338 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780805863345 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0805863346 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2007016047
    OCLC
    123332139
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