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After Cognitivism
Karl Leidlmair
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Description for After Cognitivism
Paperback. This collection of papers deals with the reassessment of thinking in Cognitive Science and in Philosophy today. The book outlines the new orthodoxy in Cognitive Science, and is unique in covering both analytic and continental philosophy. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
There is a basic perplexity in our times. On the one hand, we ?nd a blind trust in technology and rationalism. In our neo-liberalistically dominated world only what can be rapidly exploited and commercialized seems to count. The only opposing reaction to this kind of rationalism is an extreme rejection of all kinds of reasoning, and sometimes attendant religious fundamentalism. But instead of re?ecting on the limits and possibilites of reasoning, dialogue is replaced by a demagogic struggle between cultures. One cause of the blind trust in technology is misunderstandings about the sign- cance and the application of theories in ... Read more
There is a basic perplexity in our times. On the one hand, we ?nd a blind trust in technology and rationalism. In our neo-liberalistically dominated world only what can be rapidly exploited and commercialized seems to count. The only opposing reaction to this kind of rationalism is an extreme rejection of all kinds of reasoning, and sometimes attendant religious fundamentalism. But instead of re?ecting on the limits and possibilites of reasoning, dialogue is replaced by a demagogic struggle between cultures. One cause of the blind trust in technology is misunderstandings about the sign- cance and the application of theories in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400791725
SKU
V9789400791725
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About Karl Leidlmair
1973-1979 studies in philosophy and psychology 1979 doctorate in philosophy (title of dissertation: Die hermeneutischen Grundlagen Wittgensteins) 1990 Habilitation (habilitation treatise: Künstliche Intelligence und Heidegger) 1990 bis 1994 (co)Director of International Summer Schools In Philosophy And Artificial Intelligence, Bozen/Italy 1993-1996 research assistent at IFF (Institute for interdisciplinary studies in technology at the ... Read more
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