Computing the mind how the mind really works
In a culmination of humanity's millennia-long quest for self knowledge, the sciences of the mind are now in a position to offer concrete, empirically validated answers to the most fundamental questions about human nature. What does it mean to be a mind? How is the mind related to the brain? How...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798311006719 |
| Summary: | In a culmination of humanity's millennia-long quest for self knowledge, the sciences of the mind are now in a position to offer concrete, empirically validated answers to the most fundamental questions about human nature. What does it mean to be a mind? How is the mind related to the brain? How are minds shaped by their embodiment and environment? What are the principles behind cognitive functions such as perception, memory, language, thought, and consciousness? By analyzing the tasks facing any sentient being that is subject to stimulation and a pressure to act, Shimon Edelman identifies comp |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2008. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (628 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197735060 9781282977778 9786612977770 9780199717637 |
