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What are Mental Representations? (Hardcover)
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What are Mental Representations? (Hardcover)
Series: Philosophy of Mind
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The topic of this book is mental representation, a theoretical
concept that lies at the core of cognitive science. Together with
the idea that thinking is analogous to computational processing,
this concept is responsible for the "cognitive turn" in the
sciences of the mind and brain since the 1950s. Conceiving of
cognitive processes (such as perception, reasoning, and motor
control) as consisting of the manipulation of contentful vehicles
that represent the world has led to tremendous empirical
advancements in our explanations of behaviour. Perhaps the most
famous discovery that explains behavior by appealing to the notion
of mental representations was the discovery of 'place' cells that
underlie spatial navigation and positioning, which earned
researchers John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard I. Moser a
joint Nobel Prize in 2014. And yet, despite the empirical
importance of the concept, there is no agreed definition or
theoretical understanding of mental representation. This book
constitutes a state-of-the-art overview on the topic of mental
representation, assembling some of the leading experts in the field
and allowing them to engage in meaningful exchanges over some of
the most contentious questions. The collection gathers both
proponents and critics of the notion, making room for debates
dealing with the theoretical and ontological status of
representations, the possibility of formulating a general account
of mental representation which would fit our best explanatory
practices, and the possibility of delivering such an account in
fully naturalistic terms. Some contributors explore the relation
between mutually incompatible notions of mental representation,
stemming from the different disciplines composing the cognitive
sciences (such as neuroscience, psychology, and computer science).
Others question the ontological status and explanatory usefulness
of the notion. And finally, some try to sketch a general theory of
mental representations that could face the challenges outlined in
the more critical chapters of the volume.
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