The Role of Representations in Human Thought
Philosophical Perspectives on Cognition
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The Role of Representations in Human Thought
Philosophical Perspectives on Cognition
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In this open access collection, a team of experts critically examine the role of mental representations in the philosophy of mind and question the indispensability of representations in understanding cognition.
Divided into four sections, the collection covers the clarification of 'representation', its implications for perception, its application in scientific models, and the impact of social representations on individual thought. With topics ranging from the representational nature of perceptual experience to the interplay between mental and public representations, the volume provides fresh perspectives on long-standing debates and explores how representations might distort our comprehension of mental processes.
Ideal for advanced students and scholars in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and related disciplines, this is a valuable resource for understanding the evolving role of representations in science and philosophy. It addresses foundational questions about how we understand, use, and critically assess representations in both scientific and everyday contexts, broadening inquiries into cognition and representation.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the National Innovation Office (NKFIH).
Table of Contents
Part I: Clarifying Representation
1. Between Representationalism and Eliminativism, Adam Toon (University of Exeter)
2. From Information to Representation, Renato Ramos (University of Toronto) & Jose Roberto C. Piqueira (Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo)
3. Information Carrying vs. Information Carrying Function, William Ramsey (University of Nevada)
4. Representations as Knowledge Structures on Different Levels, Gottfried Vosgerau (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf) & Albert Newen (the Ruhr-University Bochum)
5. 4E Cognition and the Phenomenology of Thought, David Pitt (California State University)
Part II: Perception and Its Theoretical Implications
6. Representation and perceptual experience: Is the notion of 'sensory representation' up to the task? Alex Moran (Univeristé de Fribourg and Stockholm University)
7. Presentational and Representational Character of Perceptual Experience, Pawel Grad (University of Wasraw)
8. Representation of Salience and the Bounds of Mental Representation, Ege Yumusak (University of Pennsylvania)
9. Presentation and Representation, Alberto Voltolini (University of Turin)
10. Does experiential intentionality exist? Miklós Márton (Eötvös Loránd University)
Part III: Science and Representation
11. Representational Content in Minds and Models: Latent Influences and Explanatory Challenges, Dana Matthiesen (University of Minnesota)
12. The Kolmogorovian Representational Theory of Mind, Michael Rescorla (University of California)
13. Self-directed Action and Self-representation, Krisztina Orban (Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience) & Hong Yu Wong (University of Tübingen)
14. Krystyna Bielecka (University of Bialystok) & Marcin Milkowski (Polish Academy of Sciences), Distributed Memory and Affective Systems in Therapeutic Practice
15. Entangled in Representations: Limits and Effects, Zsuzsanna Kondor (HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities)
Part IV: The Social and the Individual
16. Individual and Collective Representations, Csaba Pléh (CEU)
17. The Origins of Human Symbolic Behavior, Ronald Planer (University of Wollongong)
18. The Impact of Social Representations on Individual Representations, István Danka (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
19. Intentionality and Public Representations, Pierre Steiner (Compiègne University of Technology)
Index
Product details
| Published | Feb 04 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781350569911 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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