Philosophy, Mind, and Cognitive Inquiry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Cognitive Inquiry and the Philosophy of Mind

   1. Cognitive Inquiry and the Philosophy of Mind

      • David J. Cole

      Pages 1-46

3. Prologue What is Mind?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Current Issues in the Philosophy of Mind

      • D. C. Dennett

      Pages 49-72

4. Computational Conceptions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Machines and the Mental

      • Fred Dretske

      Pages 75-88

   3. What’s in a Mind?

      • Zenon W. Pylyshyn

      Pages 89-114

5. Connectionist Conceptions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Connectionism, Eliminativism, and the Future of Folk Psychology

      • William Ramsey, Stephen Stich, Joseph Garan

      Pages 117-144

   3. On the Proper Treatment of Connectionism

      • Paul Smolensky

      Pages 145-206

6. Representational Conceptions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Semantics, Wisconsin Style

      • J. A. Fodor

      Pages 209-228

   3. Cognitive Science and the Problem of Semantic Content

      • Ken Sayre

      Pages 229-251

7. Mentality and Intentionality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253

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   2. The Primacy of the Intentional

      • Roderick M. Chisholm

      Pages 255-266

   3. Intentionality and its Place in Nature

      • John R. Searle

      Pages 267-280

8. Epistemology and Cognition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281

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   2. Why Reason can’t be Naturalized

      • Hilary Putnam

      Pages 283-303

   3. The Relation Between Epistemology and Psychology

      • Alvin I. Goldman

      Pages 305-344

9. The Mental and the Physical

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 345-345

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This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human. (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental, and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. No problem within the field of cognitive inquiry is more difficult than that of developing an adequate conception of the nature of mind and of its mode of operation. Our purpose in compiling the present volume has been to contribute to the pursuit of this objective by bringing together a repre­ sentative cross-section of the principal approaches and the primary players who are engaged in contemporary debate on these crucial issues. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction composed by David Cole, the senior editor of this work, which provides a background for understanding the major problems and alternative solutions, and ends with a selected bibliography intended to promote further research. If our efforts assist others in dealing with these issues, they will have been worthwhile. J. H. F. David J. Cole et at. (eds. ), Philosophy, Mind, and Cognitive Inquiry, ix.

• Connectionism
• Philosophy of Mind
• architecture
• cognition
• cognitive science
• conflict
• epistemology
• identity
• nature
• neuroscience
• semantics

`... it offers -- to quote David Cole -- `valuable resources for future research into the theory of mind and in artificial intelligence'. Those of you with an interest in the philosophical underpinnings of cognitive science will enjoy this volume.'
David Hamilton, University of Sussex, 1990

• Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA

  David J. Cole, James H. Fetzer

• IBM AI Support Center, Palo Alto, USA

  Terry L. Rankin

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