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Description for Mental Symbols
Hardback. Presents an essay on mind and meaning, on biological implementation of mental symbols, architecture of mind, and on correct construal of logical properties and relations of symbols, including implication and inference. This book argues against the contemporary trends in cognitive sciences, preferring rather the classical early-modern tradition. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
Mental Symbols is an essay on mind and meaning, on the biological implementation of mental symbols, on the architecture of mind, and on the correct construal of logical properties and relations of symbols, including implication and inference. The book argues against the main contemporary trends in the cognitive sciences, preferring rather the classical early-modern tradition. The author looks at some logical paradoxes in the light of that tradition, and offers a novel answer to the problem of the biological implementation of the mind in the brain.
Mental Symbols is an essay on mind and meaning, on the biological implementation of mental symbols, on the architecture of mind, and on the correct construal of logical properties and relations of symbols, including implication and inference. The book argues against the main contemporary trends in the cognitive sciences, preferring rather the classical early-modern tradition. The author looks at some logical paradoxes in the light of that tradition, and offers a novel answer to the problem of the biological implementation of the mind in the brain.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Cognitive Systems
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792343707
SKU
V9780792343707
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99-15
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