Life and Mind New Directions in the Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences /

This volume provides a broad overview of some cutting-edge philosophical topics of growing interest at the juncture between cognitive science and biology. The main goal is not to integrate the variety of approaches into a single account, but rather to offer diverse perspectives on a collection of se...

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Altri autori: Viejo, José Manuel (Redattore), Sanjuán, Mariano (Redattore)
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Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edizione:1st ed. 2023.
Serie:Interdisciplinary Evolution Research, 8
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Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30304-3
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Sommario:
  • Life and Mind: An Introduction
  • Part I: Embodiment, Perception and Cognition
  • Animal Understanding and Animal Self-Awareness
  • A Methodological Response to the Motley Crew Argument. Explaining Cognitive Phenomena through Enactivism and Ethology
  • Causal Closure, Synaptic Transmission, and Emergent Mental Properties
  • Color and Competence: A New View of Color Perception
  • Menstrual Cycles as Key to Embodied Synchronisation
  • Part II: Evolution, Language and Culture
  • Is Cultural Selection Creative?
  • Incommensurability in Evolutionary Biology: The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Controversy
  • Ontologies in Evolutionary Biology: The Role of The Organism in The Two Syntheses
  • Tree Thinking and The Naturalization of Language
  • Part III: Gene and Genotype Metaphysics
  • A New Perspective on Type-Token Distinction in The Genotype and Phenotype Concepts
  • The Gene as a Natural Kind
  • Part IV: Teleology in Biology and Cognitive Sciences
  • Evolutionary Causation and Teleosemantics
  • Teleological Explanations and Selective Mechanisms. Biological Teleology Beyond Natural Selection. .