An anniversary edition of a classic in cognitive science, with a new introduction by the author.
When Brainstorms was published in 1978, the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science was just emerging. Daniel Dennett was a young scholar who wanted to get philosophers out of their armchairs -- and into conversations with psychologists, linguists, computer scientists. This collection of seventeen essays by Dennett offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling intuitions. The essays are grouped into four sections: "Intentional Explanation and Attributions of Mentality"; "The Nature of Theory in Psychology"; "Objects of Consciousness and the Nature of Experience"; and "Free Will and Personhood."
This anniversary edition includes a new introduction by Dennett, "Reflections on Brainstorms after Forty Years," in which he recalls the book's original publication by Harry and Betty Stanton of Bradford Books and considers the influence and afterlife of some of the essays. For example, "Mechanism and Responsibility" was Dennett's first articulation of his concept of the intentional stance; "Are Dreams Experiences?" anticipates the major ideas in his 1991 book Consciousness Explained; and "Where Am I?" has been variously represented in a BBC documentary, a student's Javanese shadow puppet play, and a feature-length film made in the Netherlands, Victim of the Brain.
Автор: Feinberg, Joel Название: Freedom And Fulfillment: Philosophical Essays ISBN: 069101924X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691019246 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 11405.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Dealing with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, this title features fourteen essays that deal with the field of legal philosophy. It concludes with two essays dealing with concepts used in appraising the whole of a person`s life: absurdity and self-fulfillment, and their interplay.
Автор: Villalba Joely R. Название: NEW VISIONS on OLD VIEWS: Philosophical Essays ISBN: 1977232124 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977232120 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2200.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
This book presents the reader with three original philosophical/theoretical proposals.
The first essay proposes that human DNA carries a musical code that will, in turn, convey a distinctive musical symphony unique to each human being. In addition, it sets forth the possibility of reproducing DNA Musical Soundtracks capable of rendering positive donor-recipient DNA Musical Crossmatches that would significantly increase the outcome of successful tissue grafts and organ transplants.
The second essays proposes the concept of Moral as an objective reality. Where, its existence -as such- was perceived along the evolution of four distinctive sets of free willed actions that will, in turn, delineate the advancement of human conduct in accordance to a theoretical framework deemed as the universal path to moral conduct. In addition, it sets forth the possibility of gaining the academic support required to -once again-, implement moral/civics educational courses deemed essential to curtail the ongoing dissemination of moral corruption.
The third essay proposes that there are six immutable attributes foundationally intrinsic to the divine nature of a Supreme Being/God. Where, their characteristics/properties were perceived to concur with those of the six immutable qualities identified to be foundationally intrinsic to physical nature. In addition, it sets forth the possibility for leaders of the world's major religions to reach a theological consensus proclaiming these six immutable attributes to arguably conform to the divine nature of God that would, in turn, build religious tolerance and peace among all men of faith.
Описание: This anthology gathers eighteen original papers from current leading researchers in this subject, covering four broad and interdisciplinary topics: illusions of temporal passage, illusions and duration, illusions of temporal order and simultaneity, and the relationship between temporal illusions and the cognitive representation of time.
Описание: Though it is not uncommon for historians to have something to say concerning philosophical strands in Jefferson's thought, that something is usually insubstantial-often misleadingly so-or inchoate. Overall, precious little has been said. The significance of the man and the richness of his thought demands that this defect be remedied. Thomas Jefferson and Philosophy is a collection of nine new essays on philosophical elements in Jefferson's writings. The first of its kind, this collection should lead to further philosophical analysis of Jefferson's thinking-especially by philosophers, who tend to appreciate Jefferson only as the author of the Declaration of Independence-and to greater appreciation for the man who gave to statesmanship a large number of the prime of his years out of a moral sense of duty to others. In that regard, Jefferson was always first a philosopher. This book will be a valuable read for students and scholars of history, political theory, and philosophy, as well as anyone interested in the thought of Thomas Jefferson.
Описание: Alfred Sohn-Rethel located the origin of philosophical abstraction in the "false conciousness" brought about by the new money economy of Greek Antiquity. In the Enlightenment the conceptual barrier Kant put between phenomenal reality and the "thing-in-itself" expressed, in Sohn-Rethel's view, the reified consciousness stemming from commodity-exchange and the division of mental and manual labor. Because Sohn-Rethel saw the entire history of philosophy as branded by a timeless universal logic, he dismissed Hegel's concept of "totality" as "idealist" and Hegel's critique of Kantian dualism as irrelevant to Marx's critique of political economy. David Black, in the title essay of The Philosophical Roots of Anti-Capitalism, suggests, contra Sohn-Rethel, that Marx's exposition of the fetishism of commodities is historically-specific to capitalist production, and therefore cannot explain the origins of philosophy, which Black shows to have involved various historical developments in Greek society and culture as well as monetization. Just as Hegel's critique of Kantian formalism informs Marx's critique of capital, Hegel's writings on how the proper organization of labor might abolish the barrier Aristotle put between production and the "Realm of Freedom" prefigure Marx's efforts to formulate of an alternative to capitalism. Part Two, Critique of the Situationist Dialectic: Art, Class Consciousness and Reification, begins with Surrealism, whose "disappearance" as a revolutionary artistic and social force Guy Debord and the Situationists sought to make up for by superseding the poetry of Art with the poetry of Life. As well highlighting Debord's achievements in both theory and practice, Black points to his philosophical shortcomings and relates these to Debord's later "pessimistic" assessment of the possibility of revolutionary class consciousness within globalizing capitalism. The four essays in Part Three cover the Aristotelian anarchism, the ambivalent legacy of Lukбcs' theory of reification, Raya Dunayevskaya's Hegelian-Marxist concept of "absolute negativity" as "revolution in permanance", and Gillian Rose's philosophical challenge to both postmodernism and "traditional" Marxism.
Описание: This volume introduces readers to the main philosophical issues of measurement in medicine, illustrating the connections between the natural and social sciences by integrating essays on causation, measuring instruments and issues of measurement and policy.
Автор: Ferrell Robyn Название: Philosophical Essays on Free Stuff ISBN: 1793603626 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781793603623 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 12029.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: There is free thought, free choice, the free world - and then there is free stuff. By tracking the transformations of just one idea, "free," this book describes an arc of thought through a "revaluation of values" and offers its critique in the same gesture.
Описание: A team of renowned philosophers and a new generation of thinkers come together to offer the first book-length examination of the relationship between philosophical anthropology and animal studies.
Автор: Mole Christopher, Smithies Declan, Wu Wayne Название: Attention: Philosophical and Psychological Essays ISBN: 0199759235 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199759231 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 36037.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume presents the latest thinking on attention from the philosophers and psychologists who are working at the interface between these two disciplines.
Автор: Byerly T. Ryan, Silverman Eric J. Название: Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays about Heaven ISBN: 0198794304 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198794301 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 30577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A collection of seventeen philosophical essays that systematically investigate heaven, or paradise, as conceived within theistic religious traditions.
Автор: Villalba Joely R. Название: NEW VISIONS on OLD VIEWS: Philosophical Essays ISBN: 1977237169 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977237163 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3965.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
This book presents the reader with three original philosophical/theoretical proposals.
The first essay proposes that human DNA carries a musical code that will, in turn, convey a distinctive musical symphony unique to each human being. In addition, it sets forth the possibility of reproducing DNA Musical Soundtracks capable of rendering positive donor-recipient DNA Musical Crossmatches that would significantly increase the outcome of successful tissue grafts and organ transplants.
The second essays proposes the concept of Moral as an objective reality. Where, its existence -as such- was perceived along the evolution of four distinctive sets of free willed actions that will, in turn, delineate the advancement of human conduct in accordance to a theoretical framework deemed as the universal path to moral conduct. In addition, it sets forth the possibility of gaining the academic support required to -once again-, implement moral/civics educational courses deemed essential to curtail the ongoing dissemination of moral corruption.
The third essay proposes that there are six immutable attributes foundationally intrinsic to the divine nature of a Supreme Being/God. Where, their characteristics/properties were perceived to concur with those of the six immutable qualities identified to be foundationally intrinsic to physical nature. In addition, it sets forth the possibility for leaders of the world's major religions to reach a theological consensus proclaiming these six immutable attributes to arguably conform to the divine nature of God that would, in turn, build religious tolerance and peace among all men of faith.
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