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In this book, Mark Rowlands challenges the Cartesian view of the mind as a self-contained monadic entity, and offers in its place a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes. Cognition is not something done exclusively in the head, but fundamentally something done in the world. Drawing on both evolutionary theory and a detailed examination of the processes involved in perception, memory, thought and language use, Rowlands argues that cognition is, in part, a process whereby creatures manipulate and exploit relevant objects in their environment. It is not simply an internal process of information processing; equally significantly, it is an external process of information processing. This innovative book provides a foundation for an unorthodox but increasingly popular view of the nature of cognition.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Philosophy of mind

• Full title: Body in Mind
• Subtitle: Understanding Cognitive Processes
• Author: Mark Rowlands
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284
• EAN: 9780521049795
• ISBN: 0521049792
• ID: 02019999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 378 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. January 2008

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