Psychology is the study of thinking, and cognitive science is the interdisciplinary investigation of mind and intelligence that also includes philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. In these investigations, many philosophical issues arise concerning methods and central concepts.
The Handbook of Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science contains 16 essays by leading philosophers of science that illuminate the nature of the theories and explanations used in the investigation of minds.
Topics discussed include representation, mechanisms, reduction, perception, consciousness, language, emotions, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology.
- ISBN10 1280729139
- ISBN13 9781280729133
- Publish Date 1 January 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint North-Holland
- Format eBook
- Pages 502
- Language English