The concept of rationality is a common thread through the human and social sciences -- from political science to philosophy, from economics to sociology, and from management science to decision analysis. But what counts as rational action and rational behavior?
Jose Luis Bermudez explores decision theory as a theory of rationality. Decision theory is the mathematical theory of choice and for many social scientists it makes the concept of rationality mathematically tractable and scientifically legitimate.
Yet rationality is a concept with several dimensions and the theory of...

This text brings together work by philosophers and psychologists on the nature of self-consciousness, the nature of bodily awareness and the relation between the two. The contributors take up such issues as: how should we characterize the distinctive ways we have of being in touch with our own bodies in sensation, proprioception and action; how exactly does our grip on our bodies as objects connect with our abililty to perceive the external environment and engage in various forms of social interaction; and can any of these ways of representing our bodies affect a bridge between body and...

Jose Luis Bermudez introduces the philosophy of psychology as an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature and mechanisms of cognition. Philosophy of Psychology charts out four influential 'pictures of the mind' and uses them to explore central topics in the philosophical foundations of psychology, including the relation between different levels of studying the mind/brain; the nature and scope of psychological explanation; the architecture of cognition; and the relation between thought and language.

Chapters cover all the core concepts, including:

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