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Cartographies of the Mind: Philosophy and Psychology in Intersection (Studies in Brain and Mind Book 4) by Massimo Marraffa (auth.), Massimo Marraffa, Mario De Caro, Francesco Ferretti (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The present book is a collection of essays exploring some classical dimensions of mind both from the perspective of an empirically-informed philosophy and from the point of view of a philosophically-informed psychology. In the last three decades, the level of interaction between philosophy and psychology has increased dramatically. As a contribution to this trend, this book explores some areas in which this interaction has been very productive – or, at least, highly provocative. The interaction between philosophy and psychology can be of different kinds. For example, psychology can be the subject for philosophy of science. In such a case, the philosopher of science pursues the usual set of issues (explanation, reduction, etc.) within the special case of psychology. Or, philosophy can be the source of proposals for improving psychology. Vice versa, the findings of psychology can be used to criticize philosophical theories and suggest ways to resolve some traditional philosophical questions about the mind, such as the nature of mental representation, perception, emotion, memory, consciousness and free will. The chapters in this book reflect these different forms of interaction in an
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- Author
- Massimo Marraffa (auth.), Massimo Marraffa, Mario De Caro, Francesco Ferretti (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer London, Limited
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781402054440
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Psychology, Humanities
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