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Epistemology and Cognition

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. James H. Fetzer

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Cognitive Systems (COGS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Prologue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Connectionism and Three Levels of Nativism

      • William Ramsey, Stephen Stich
      Pages 3-31

  3. Concepts and Content

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Explanation and the Language of Thought

      • David Braddon-Mitchell, John Fitzpatrick
      Pages 35-61

    3. Conceptual Dependency as the Language of Thought

      • Charles E. M. Dunlop
      Pages 63-84

    4. Functionalism and Inverted Spectra

      • David Cole
      Pages 85-100

    5. Concepts and Conceptual Change

      • Paul Thagard
      Pages 101-120

    6. Beyond the Exclusively Propositional Era

      • William Bechtel, Adele A. Abrahamsen
      Pages 121-151

  4. Semantics and Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Can Semantics Be Syntactic?

      • Neal Jahren
      Pages 155-174

    3. Form and Content in Semantics

      • Yorick Wilks
      Pages 175-197

    4. Knowledge and the Regularity Theory of Information

      • William Edward Morris
      Pages 199-222

    5. Melancholic Epistemology

      • George Graham
      Pages 223-246

    6. Human Understanding

      • Eddy M. Zemach
      Pages 247-264

  5. Epilogue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    2. Framing the Frame Problem

      • Eric Lormand
      Pages 267-288

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 289-303
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About this book

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 interest from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental powers 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, experimen­ tal, and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. The present volume reflects the kind of insights that can be obtained when research workers in philosophy, artificial intelligence, and computer science explore problems of common concern. The issues here tend to fall into two broad but varied sets, namely: those concerned with content and concepts, on the one hand, and those concerned with semantics and epistemology, on the other. The collection begins with a prologue that focuses upon the relations between connectionism and alternative conceptions of nativism and ends with an epilogue that examines the significance of alternative conceptions of the Frame Problem for artificial intelligence. Because these papers are rich and diverse, they ought to appeal to a wide and heterogeneous audience. J.H.F.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    James H. Fetzer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Epistemology and Cognition

  • Editors: James H. Fetzer

  • Series Title: Studies in Cognitive Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3716-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0892-8Published: 30 November 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5652-6Published: 27 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3716-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-0780

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 302

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind

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