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  • Innateness in Mind

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    Series series Elements in Philosophy of Mind
    This Element focuses on contemporary forms of nativism (belief in innateness), which mostly concern the existence of domain-specific learning mechanisms with innate structure and content. After sketching some innate capacities that are widely believed to be shared with other animals, the Element thereafter discusses a number of (alleged) distinctively-human ones. One concerns a faculty of language ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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  • Human and Animal Minds

    The Consciousness Questions Laid to Rest

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    The continuities between human and animal minds are increasingly well understood. This has led many people to make claims about consciousness in animals, which has often been taken to be crucial for their moral standing. Peter Carruthers argues compellingly that there is no fact of the matter to be discovered, and that the question of animal consciousness is of no scientific or ethical ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Innate Mind

    Structure and Contents

    Edited by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence, Stephen Stich ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    This is the first volume of a projected three-volume set on the subject of innateness. The extent to which the mind is innate is one of the central questions in the human sciences, with important implications for many surrounding debates. By bringing together the top nativist scholars in philosophy, psychology, and allied disciplines these volumes provide a comprehensive assessment of nativist ... Read more

    $45.89 USD

  • Explaining our Actions

    A Critique of Common-Sense Theorizing

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    We often explain our actions and those of others using a commonsense framework of perceptions, beliefs, desires, emotions, decisions, and intentions. In his thoughtful new book, Peter Carruthers scrutinizes this everyday explanation for our actions, while also examining the explanatory framework through the lens of cutting-edge cognitive science. He shows that the 'standard model' of belief–desire ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Human Motives

    Hedonism, Altruism, and the Science of Affect

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    Motivational hedonism (often called "psychological hedonism") claims that everything we do is done in pursuit of pleasure (in the widest sense) and to avoid pain and displeasure (again, in the widest sense). Although perennially attractive, many philosophers and experimental psychologists have claimed to refute it. Human Motives shows how decision-science and the recent science of affect can be ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • The Innate Mind

    Volume 3: Foundations and the Future

    by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence, Stephen Stich ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    This is the third volume of a three-volume set on The Innate Mind. The extent to which cognitive structures, processes, and contents are innate is one of the central questions concerning the nature of the mind, with important implications for debates throughout the human sciences. By bringing together the top nativist scholars in philosophy, psychology, and allied disciplines these volumes provide ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Innate Mind

    Volume 2: Culture and Cognition

    Edited by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence, Stephen Stich ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    This is the second volume of a projected three-volume set on the subject of innateness. The volume is highly interdisciplinary, and addresses such question as: To what extent are mature cognitive capacities a reflection of particular cultures and to what extent are they a product of innate elements? How do innate elements interact with culture to achieve mature cognitive capacities? How do minds ... Read more

    $60.29 USD

  • The Nature of the Mind

    An Introduction

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    The Nature of the Mind is a comprehensive and lucid introduction to major themes in the philosophy of mind. It carefully explores the conflicting positions that have arisen within the debate and locates the arguments within their context. It is designed for newcomers to the subject and assumes no previous knowledge of the philosophy of mind. Clearly written and rigorously presented, this book is ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Centered Mind

    What the Science of Working Memory Shows Us About the Nature of Human Thought

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    The Centered Mind offers a new view of the nature and causal determinants of both reflective thinking and, more generally, the stream of consciousness. Peter Carruthers argues that conscious thought is always sensory-based, relying on the resources of the working-memory system. This system has been much studied by cognitive scientists. It enables sensory images to be sustained and manipulated ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Introducing Persons

    Theories and Arguments in the Philosophy of the Mind

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    Stimulating introduction to the most central and interesting issues in the philosophy of mind. Topics covered include dualism versus the various forms of materialism, personal identity and survival, and the problem of other minds. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The Unconscious

    Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications

    by Joel Weinberger, PhD, Valentina Stoycheva, PhD ...
    Series series Psychoanalysis and Psychological Science Series
    Weaving together state-of-the-art research, theory, and clinical insights, this book provides a new understanding of the unconscious and its centrality in human functioning. The authors review heuristics, implicit memory, implicit learning, attribution theory, implicit motivation, automaticity, affective versus cognitive salience, embodied cognition, and clinical theories of unconscious ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Surfing Uncertainty

    Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind

    by Andy Clark ...
    How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and ... Read more

    $16.19 USD