This book is an empirically informed investigation of the philosophical problem of mental causation, and a philosophical investigation of the status of cognitive scientific generalisations. If there are mental causes which can be classified in a way useful for predicting and explaining, then they are natural kinds. First. we develop an account of natural kinds that accommodates the cognitive. Second, we show how statements using these are not reducible to statements about physical kinds, involving biological and social facts. Finally, Virtual Machine Functionalism is defended as the correct account of the relationship between cognition and the material world.
| ISBN: | 9783031369322 |
| Publication date: | 14th August 2024 |
| Author: | Simon Bowes |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 244 pages |
| Series: | New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of mind Philosophy of science |
This book is an empirically informed investigation of the philosophical problem of mental causation, and a philosophical investigation of the status of cognitive scientific generalisations. If there are mental causes which can be classified in a way useful for predicting and explaining, then they are natural kinds.
Naturally Minded features in the following genres: Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of science
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Naturally Minded was written by Simon Bowes and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Naturally Minded has 244 pages
Yes it is part of New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science series
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