Seven Views of Mind

ISBN-13: 9781848729971 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 128 str.

Lise Wallach

Opis

This text examines seven different answers to the question, 'What are we talking about when we talk about the mind?' It begins by considering the dualistic view, frequently taken for granted by students, that words like 'belief, ' 'anger, ' and 'jealousy' refer to a realm quite distinct from the physical worl

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction: The Problem. 1. Mind as Distinct from the Physical World. 2. Mind as a Manner of Speaking. 3. Mind as Behavior. 4. Mind as Software in the Head. 5. Mind as Brain. 6. Mind as Scientific Construct. 7. Mind as Social Construct. Conclusion: How to Avoid Dualism Without Losing Your Mind (Entirely).

O autorze

Lise Wallach is Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. As Research Professor of Psychology at Duke for many years, she has also held faculty positions at Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has written on theoretical and philosophical psychology and on various aspects of cognition, including three previous books with Michael A. Wallach. Michael A. Wallach is Professor Emeritus of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Duke University. In addition to Duke, he has also held faculty positions at Harvard, MIT, and the University of Chicago. He was Editor of the Journal of Personality for a decade (1963-72) and also Series Editor of the SUNY Press Alternatives in Psychology book series for two decades (1989-2008). He has published extensively on a number of topics ranging across cognitive, personality, social, clinical, developmental, educational, and theoretical psychology