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Mind and supermind / Keith Frankish.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge Studies in PhilosophyPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xiv, 255 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780521812030
- 128.2 FRA
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Summary: This book presents the human mind as a two-tiered structure, with an unconscious foundational mind supporting a more advanced supermind that is conscious and dependent on language. It contends that philosophers and psychologists have not adequately differentiated between these levels, and that this oversight has resulted in various issues.
1. Introduction; 2. Divisions in folk psychology; 3. Challenges and precedents; 4. The premising machine; 5. Superbelief and the supermind; 6. Propositional modularity; 7. Conceptual modularity; 8. Further applications.
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 128.2 FRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 191715 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction; 2. Divisions in folk psychology; 3. Challenges and precedents; 4. The premising machine; 5. Superbelief and the supermind; 6. Propositional modularity; 7. Conceptual modularity; 8. Further applications.
This book presents the human mind as a two-tiered structure, with an unconscious foundational mind supporting a more advanced supermind that is conscious and dependent on language. It contends that philosophers and psychologists have not adequately differentiated between these levels, and that this oversight has resulted in various issues.