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  • The Representational Fallacy in Neuroscience and Psychology

    A Critical Analysis

    by Maxwell R Bennett, Peter M S Hacker ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book traces the history and coherence of the use of the word ‘representations’ from its origins, particularly in the description of artefacts, to its use in the description of so-called mental and neural representations in the mind and in the brain. It is shown that there are no good reasons for this transition. Experimental psychology is confused in taking what one perceives to be a mental ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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  • Out of Our Heads

    Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness

    by Alva Noë ...
    "Astounding and convincing . . . A book that should be read by everyone who thinks about thinking." —Oliver Sacks, neurologist and bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatAlva Noë is one of a new breed—part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist—who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Sensory Order

    An Inquiry into the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology

    by F. A. Hayek ...
    The Nobel Prize-winning economist explores how the mind works—an early landmark in the field of cognitive science.The Sensory Order, first published in 1952, sets forth F. A. Hayek's classic theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism that classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws. Though Hayek is more commonly known as an icon in the field of economics, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Neuroscience and Philosophy

    Brain, Mind, and Language

    by Maxwell Bennett, Daniel Dennett, Peter Hacker, John Searle ...
    In Neuroscience and Philosophy three prominent philosophers and a leading neuroscientist clash over the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neuroscience. The book begins with an excerpt from Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker's Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003), which questions the conceptual commitments of cognitive neuroscientists. Their position is then criticized by ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Understanding Consciousness

    by Max Velmans ...
    Understanding Consciousness, 2nd Edition provides a unique survey and evaluation of consciousness studies, along with an original analysis of consciousness that combines scientific findings, philosophy and common sense. Building on the widely praised first edition, this new edition adds fresh research, and deepens the original analysis in a way that reflects some of the fundamental changes in the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Cognitive Science

    by Mark J. Cain ...
    In recent decades cognitive science has revolutionised our understanding of the workings of the human mind. Philosophy has made a major contribution to cognitive science and has itself been hugely influenced by its development. This dynamic book explores the philosophical significance of cognitive science and examines the central debates that have enlivened its history.In a wide-ranging and ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Why the Mind Is Not a Computer

    A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology

    by Raymond Tallis ...
    Series Book 7 - Societas
    The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why. Taking a series of key words such as calculation, language, information and memory, Professor Tallis shows how their misuse has a lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind.First of all these words were used literally in the description of the human mind. Then computer ... Read more

    $8.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stories and the Brain

    The Neuroscience of Narrative

    by Paul B. Armstrong ...
    This book explains how the brain interacts with the social world—and why stories matter.How do our brains enable us to tell and follow stories? And how do stories affect our minds? In Stories and the Brain, Paul B. Armstrong analyzes the cognitive processes involved in constructing and exchanging stories, exploring their role in the neurobiology of mental functioning.Armstrong argues that the ways ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Content and Consciousness

    by Daniel C. Dennett ...
    Series series International Library of Philosophy
    First published in 2002. In this pioneering book, Daniel Dennett sets out clearly what he believed constituted a genuine analysis of the mind. His work over the last twenty years and more, culminating in his major study, Consciousness Explained, has increased rather than diminished the power of his first book. This edition also includes the 1986 preface which places the book in the context of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Brain Abstracted

    Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience

    by M. Chirimuuta ...
    **Winner of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize from The Royal Institute of PhilosophyWinner of the 2025 Lakatos Award from the London School of Economics and Political ScienceAn exciting, new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.**All science needs to simplify, but when the object of research is something as complicated as the brain, this challenge can stretch the ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Psychology of Contemporary Art

    by Gregory Minissale ...
    While recent studies in neuroscience and psychology have shed light on our sensory and perceptual experiences of art, they have yet to explain how contemporary art downplays perceptual responses and, instead, encourages conceptual thought. The Psychology of Contemporary Art brings together the most important developments in recent scientific research on visual perception and cognition and applies ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience

    by M. R. Bennett, P. M. S. Hacker ...
    The second edition of the seminal work in the field—revised, updated, and extendedIn Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, M.R. Bennett and P.M.S. Hacker outline and address the conceptual confusions encountered in various neuroscientific and psychological theories. The result of a collaboration between an esteemed philosopher and a distinguished neuroscientist, this remarkable volume ... Read more

    $42.00 USD