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Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature
| AUTHOR | Godfrey-Smith, Peter |
| PUBLISHER | Cambridge University Press (06/05/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | eBook (Open Ebook) |
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This book is a further contribution to the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. It is an ambitious attempt to explain the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing to link philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments, and to the general pattern of "externalist" explanations. This is a highly original philosophical project that will appeal to a broad swath of philosophers, especially those working in the philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
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9781139172714
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1139172719
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Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
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128.2
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This book is a further contribution to the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. It is an ambitious attempt to explain the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing to link philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments, and to the general pattern of "externalist" explanations. This is a highly original philosophical project that will appeal to a broad swath of philosophers, especially those working in the philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
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Author:
Godfrey-Smith, Peter
Peter Godfrey-Smith is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. He is the author of four books, including "Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science "and "Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection", which won the 2010 Lakatos Award for an outstanding work on the philosophy of science. His underwater videos of octopuses have been featured in "National Geographic" and "New Scientist", and he has discussed them on National Public Radio and many cable TV channels.
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