An Architecture of the Mind: A Psychological Foundation for the Science of Everyday Life

ISBN-13: 9780367607180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 140 str.

Brendan Markey-Towler

Opis

This book proposes a mathematical model of the psychological process which is integrated, holistic and systematic. Psycho-behavioural phenomena in this model do not remain disconnected and isolated, but rather exist within and in relation to the psychological process as a whole. The book proceeds logico-mathematically from premise to conclusion

Spis treści

List of Figures

Glossary of Mathematical Symbols

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. A Fundamental Question: What Is the Mind, How Does It Function?

2. Philosophical Considerations: The Nature of The Mind

3. The Psychology of Behaviour: Operating Within and Upon the Architecture of Mind

4. Reasons, Rules, Society and Motivation in The Psychological Process

5. Substitutability and Behavioural Change in Quasi-Fixed Environments

6. Properties of The Psyche and Their Influence on Behaviour: Explanations and Predictions

7. Conclusion

8. Appendix: Proofs of theorems

Index

O autorze

Dr. Brendan Markey-Towler is a philosopher, psychological scientist and economist. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland in 2017, having researched there under Professors John Foster and Peter Earl and at University College London under Professor Michelle Baddeley. He lives in Brisbane, Queensland with his family.