Ancients and moderns alike have constructed arguments and assessed theories on the basis of common sense and intuitive judgments. Yet, despite the important role intuitions play in philosophy, there has been little reflection on fundamental questions concerning the sort of data intuitions provide, how they are supposed to lead us to the truth, and why we should treat them as important. In addition, recent psychological research seems to pose serious challenges to traditional intuition-driven philosophical inquiry. Rethinking Intuition brings together a distinguished group of philosophers and psychologists to discuss these important issues. Students and scholars in both fields will find this book to be of great value.

The philosophy of cognitive science has recently become one of the most exciting and fastest growing domains of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Until the early 1980s, nearly all of the models developed treated cognitive processes -- like problem solving, language comprehension, memory, and higher visual processing -- as rule-governed symbol manipulation. However, this situation has changed dramatically over the last half dozen years. In that period there has been an enormous shift of attention toward connectionist models of cognition that are inspired by the network-like architecture of the brain. Because of their unique architecture and style of processing, connectionist systems are generally regarded as radically different from the more traditional symbol manipulation models. This collection was designed to provide philosophers who have been working in the area of cognitive science with a forum for expressing their views on these recent developments. Because the symbol-manipulating paradigm has been so important to the work of contemporary philosophers, many have watched the emergence of connectionism with considerable interest. The contributors take very different stands toward connectionism, but all agree that the potential exists for a radical shift in the way many philosophers think of various aspects of cognition. Exploring this potential and other philosophical dimensions of connectionist research is the aim of this volume.

The philosophy of cognitive science has recently become one of the most exciting and fastest growing domains of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Until the early 1980s, nearly all of the models developed treated cognitive processes -- like problem solving, language comprehension, memory, and higher visual processing -- as rule-governed symbol manipulation. However, this situation has changed dramatically over the last half dozen years. In that period there has been an enormous shift of attention toward connectionist models of cognition that are inspired by the network-like architecture of the brain. Because of their unique architecture and style of processing, connectionist systems are generally regarded as radically different from the more traditional symbol manipulation models. This collection was designed to provide philosophers who have been working in the area of cognitive science with a forum for expressing their views on these recent developments. Because the symbol-manipulating paradigm has been so important to the work of contemporary philosophers, many have watched the emergence of connectionism with considerable interest. The contributors take very different stands toward connectionism, but all agree that the potential exists for a radical shift in the way many philosophers think of various aspects of cognition. Exploring this potential and other philosophical dimensions of connectionist research is the aim of this volume.

Cognitive science is a cross-disciplinary enterprise devoted to understanding the nature of the mind. In recent years, investigators in philosophy, psychology, the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and a host of other disciplines have come to appreciate how much they can learn from one another about the various dimensions of cognition. The result has been the emergence of one of the most exciting and fruitful areas of inter-disciplinary research in the history of science. This volume of original essays surveys foundational, theoretical, and philosophical issues across the discipline, and introduces the foundations of cognitive science, the principal areas of research, and the major research programs. With a focus on broad philosophical themes rather than detailed technical issues, the volume will be valuable not only to cognitive scientists and philosophers of cognitive science, but also to those in other disciplines looking for an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the field.

Cognitive science is a cross-disciplinary enterprise devoted to understanding the nature of the mind. In recent years, investigators in philosophy, psychology, the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and a host of other disciplines have come to appreciate how much they can learn from one another about the various dimensions of cognition. The result has been the emergence of one of the most exciting and fruitful areas of inter-disciplinary research in the history of science. This volume of original essays surveys foundational, theoretical, and philosophical issues across the discipline, and introduces the foundations of cognitive science, the principal areas of research, and the major research programs. With a focus on broad philosophical themes rather than detailed technical issues, the volume will be valuable not only to cognitive scientists and philosophers of cognitive science, but also to those in other disciplines looking for an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the field.

Book Cover Summary for "Mind Games" The God Particle or Higgs boson, as it's known in scientific and physicists' circles, was discovered on July 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, in Switzerland. Peter Higgs and Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013 for the discovery. The God Particle is responsible for the mass and the diversity of the particles in the universe. It decays quickly and presently can't be used for practical applications. In my work of Fiction, Timothy Harding Olsen, a brilliant young PhD graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is hired by Future Mankind Ventures, a worldwide organization that operates outside the laws of man and nature. They provide him with a laboratory and unlimited funds to test his theories regarding The God Particle. After months of work and experimentation, he successfully isolates and preserves the God Particle and uses it as the core of a Formula, which allows it to be applied to humans. His ensuing tests are positive on Chimpanzees, but Olsen wants to experiment on humans. With the injection of the Formula into selected areas of the human body, he will possess the ability to evolve humans by causing mass to propagate in chosen lobes of the brain and in the muscular system. When practical application to humans is perfected, whoever owns this Formula will have the ability to change the power structure of the world by evolving humans to their specific needs. Ethan Tyler, an undercover CIA Agent, is placed inside the organization to provide information to the government on this colossal breakthrough in science and Physics. The United States government doesn't want Olsen's Formula to be sold to foreign nations. Russia, China and Iran are interesting in obtaining it. When Dr. Olsen begins illegally testing the Formula on humans, all hell breaks loose. Tyler's life is in perpetual danger as he attempts to move within the power structure of Future Mankind Ventures and uncover the secrets of the company's plans. I promise you a wild ride in your imagination in "Mind Games." Can man replace and change nature's plan of evolution? Will this surreal man made evolution take the human race a hundred years into the future? Anything you can imagine can materialize in today's world. The pages of this book plunges your brain into that imagination trip, and allows you to see the results of Mind Games, which speed up the Evolutionary Process.