Cartographies of the Mind

The present book is a collection of essays exploring some classical dimensions of mind both from the perspective of an empirically-informed philosophy and from the point of view of a philosophically-informed psychology.

In the last three decades, the level of interaction between philosophy and psychology has increased dramatically. As a contribution to this trend, this book explores some areas in which this interaction has been very productive - or, at least, highly provocative.

The interaction between philosophy and psychology can be of different kinds. For example, psychology can be the subject for philosophy of science. In such a case, the philosopher of science pursues the usual set of issues (explanation, reduction, etc.) within the special case of psychology. Or, philosophy can be the source of proposals for improving psychology. Vice versa, the findings of psychology can be used to criticize philosophical theories and suggest ways to resolve some traditional philosophical questions about the mind, such as the nature of mental representation, perception, emotion, memory, consciousness and free will.

The chapters in this book reflect these different forms of interaction in an effort to clarify issues and debates concerning some traditional cognitive capacities. The result is a philosophically and scientifically up-to-date collection of "cartographies of the mind".

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"? die sozialen Bezüge werden ausführlich dargestellt. Die Autoren geben nicht nur aktuelle Ein- und Überblicke, sondern berichten auch von neuen Forschungsergebnissen und Argumenten. Noch gibt es keine einheitliche Theorie des Bewusstseins - und vielleicht kann es gar keine geben -, aber als Wegweiser und -begleiter durch das unübersichtliche Gelände ist das Buch bestens geeignet." (in: Das Science Fiction Jahr 2008, 2008, S. 810)

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