Boundaries of the mind : the individual in the fragile sciences : cognition /

Boundaries of the mind : the individual in the fragile sciences : cognition / Robert A. Wilson.

Show other versions (2)

Where does the mind begin and end? Most philosophers and cognitive scientists take the view that the mind is bounded by the skull or skin of the individual. Robert Wilson, in this provocative and challenging new book, provides the foundations for the view that the mind extends beyond the boundary of...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Andrew)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Philosophy of mind.
Mind and body.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents in Brief
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE DISCIPLINING THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE MIND
  • 1 The Individual in the Fragile Sciences
  • 1 INDIVIDUALS AND THE MIND
  • 2 INDIVIDUALS AND SCIENCE
  • 3 THE FRAGILE SCIENCES
  • 4 INDIVIDUALISM IN THE COGNITIVE, BIOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
  • 5 INSIDE THE THINKING INDIVIDUAL
  • 6 THE BEAST WITHIN
  • 7 CULTURE, NATURE, AND THE INDIVIDUAL
  • 8 THE METAPHYSICAL PICTURE: SMALLISM
  • 9 A PATH THROUGH BOUNDARIES OF THE MIND.
  • 2 Individuals, Psychology, and the Mind
  • 1 PSYCHOLOGY AMONGST THE FRAGILE SCIENCES
  • 2 THE DISCIPLINING OF PSYCHOLOGY
  • 3 FROM PHYSIOLOGY TO PHILOSOPHY: WUNDT AND JAMES
  • 4 DISCIPLINING THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE MIND
  • 5 WUNDT'S INDIVIDUALS
  • 6 GALTON'S INDIVIDUALS
  • 7 NATIVISM AND THE CONTINUITY THESIS
  • 8 OVERLAYING THE MIND
  • 3 Nativism on My Mind
  • 1 NATIVIST THREADS
  • 2 FROM CHOMSKY TO FODOR TO PINKER: A THUMBNAIL
  • 3 EMPIRICIST ALTERNATIVES TO NATIVISM
  • 4 THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH
  • 5 MAKING DO WITH LESS?
  • 6 SATISFYING SOME DESIDERATA.
  • 7 BUT COULD TWO DIMENSIONS BE ENOUGH?
  • 8 NATIVISM ABOUT COGNITION AND BIOLOGY
  • 9 CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS AND NATIVISM
  • PART TWO INDIVIDUALISM AND EXTERNALISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES
  • 4 Individualism
  • 1 MAKING SENSE OF THE INDIVIDUALISM-EXTERNALISM DEBATE
  • 2 INDIVIDUALISM, TAXONOMY, AND METAPHYSICAL DETERMINATION
  • 3 GETTING TO TWIN EARTH: WHAT'S IN THE HEAD?
  • 4 THE SOCIAL ASPECT TO HAVING A MIND
  • 5 NARROW AND WIDE CONTENT
  • Peter thinks that wolves are placental
  • 6 FUNCTIONALISM, PHYSICALISM, AND INDIVIDUALISM
  • 7 THE APPEAL TO CAUSAL POWERS.
  • 8 METAPHYSICS AND THE FRAGILE SCIENCES
  • 5 Metaphysics, Mind, and Science
  • 1 THE METAPHYSICS OF MIND AND THE FRAGILE SCIENCES
  • 2 REALIZATION WITHIN THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
  • 3 A SKETCH OF TWO VIEWS OF REALIZATION
  • 4 THE STANDARD VIEW (I): REALIZERS AS METAPHYSICALLY SUFFICIENT
  • 5 THE STANDARD VIEW (II): REALIZERS AS PHYSICALLY CONSTITUTIVE
  • 6 SMALLISM, THE STANDARD VIEW, AND THE FRAGILE SCIENCES
  • 7 CONTEXT-SENSITIVE REALIZATION AND METAPHYSICAL SUFFICIENCY
  • 8 PHYSICAL CONSTITUTIVITY AND WIDE REALIZATIONS
  • 9 WIDE REALIZATIONS IN THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
  • 10 TWO VIEWS RECONSIDERED
  • 6 Context-Sensitive Realizations
  • 1 ADJUSTING ONE'S METAPHYSICS
  • 2 MICROPHYSICAL DETERMINISM, RELATIONS, AND SMALLISM
  • 3 DISPOSITIONS AND SCIENCE
  • 4 NONREDUCTIVE MATERIALISM
  • 5 THE MODIFIED STANDARD VIEW: CAUSATION AND REALIZATION
  • 6 CONTEXT SENSITIVITY WITHIN THE STANDARD VIEW
  • 7 KEEPING REALISM AFLOAT
  • 8 PLURALISM ABOUT REALIZATION
  • 9 ABANDONING THE SUBJECT?
  • 10 PUTTING OUR METAPHYSICS TO WORK
  • 7 Representation, Computation, and Cognitive Science
  • 1 THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE GESTURE
  • 2 INDIVIDUALISM IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

Similar Items