Investigating Psychology: Sciences of the Mind After Wittgenstein

ISBN-13: 9781138206816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 218 str.

John Hyman

Opis

Originally published in 1991, the essays in this volume are written by philosophers who were convinced that Wittgenstein’s investigations in philosophical psychology were of direct relevance to current experimental psychology at the time.

Spis treści

Notes on the Contributors.  Acknowledgements.  Introduction John Hyman.  Part 1: Language and Behaviour  1. The Relation of Language to Instinctive Behaviour Norman Malcolm  2. Mechanism and Meaning Bruce Goldberg  3. The Enduring Relevance of Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Intentions Stuart Shanker  4. Conversations with Apes: Reflections on the Scientific Study of Language John Dupré  Part 2: Perception and Representation  5. Seeing, Representing and Describing: An Examination of David Marr’s Computational Theory of Vision Peter Hacker  6. The Homunculus Fallacy Anthony Kenny  7. Visual Experience and Blindsight John Hyman.  Index

O autorze

Hyman, John