Mindware An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science

Name: Mindware An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science
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ISBN: 9780199828159

ISBN-10: 0199828156

ISBN-13: 9780199828159

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Andy Clark

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Ranging across both standard philosophical territory and the landscape of cutting-edge cognitive science, Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Second Edition, is a vivid and engaging introduction to key issues, research, and opportunities in the field.Starting with the vision of mindware as software and debates between realists, instrumentalists, and eliminativists, Andy Clark takes students on a no-holds-barred journey through connectionism, dynamical systems, and real-world robotics before moving on to the frontiers of cognitive technologies, enactivism, predictive coding, and the extended mind. Throughout, he highlights challenging issues in an effort to…

Book details

List price: $79.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Andy Clark is Doctor of Philosophy at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.



Preface to the Second Edition


About Mindware


Acknowledgments


Introduction: (Not) Like a Rock



Meat Machines: Mindware as Software



Symbol Systems



Patterns, Contents, and Causes



Connectionism



Perception, Action, and the Brain



Robots and Artificial Life



Dynamics



Cognitive Technology: Beyond the Naked Brain



Extended Minds?



Enacting Perceptual Experience



Prediction Machines



(Not Really a) Conclusion



Some Backdrop: Dualism, Behaviorism, Functionalism, and Beyond



Consciousness and the Meta-Hard Problem


References


Index