Edited by
Hugh Clapin, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Phillip Staines, School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Australia
Peter Slezak, Senior Lecturer, School of History and Philosophy of Science and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Description
'Representation in Mind' is the first book in the new series 'Perspectives on Cognitive Science' and includes well known contributors
in the areas of philosophy of mind, psychology and cognitive science.
The papers in this volume offer new ideas, fresh approaches
and new criticisms of old ideas. The papers deal in new ways with fundamental questions concerning the problem of mental representation
that one contributor, Robert Cummins, has described as "THE problem in philosophy of mind for some time now". The editors' introductory
overview considers the problem for which mental representation has been seen as an answer, sketching an influential framework, outlining
some of the issues addressed and then providing an overview of the papers.
Issues include: the relation between mental representation
and public, non-mental representation; misrepresentation; the role of mental representations in intelligent action; the relation between
representation and consciousness; the relation between folk psychology and explanations invoking mental representations
Included in series
Perspectives on Cognitive Science
Audience:
Researchers and academics in the field of cognitive science.
