Ebook: Historical Foundations of Cognitive Science

My interest in gathering together a collection of this sort was generated by a fortuitous combination of historical studies under Professor Keith Lehrer and studies in cognitive science under Professor R. Michael Harnish at the University of Arizona. Work on the volume began there while I was an instructor in the Department of Linguistics and was greatly encouraged by participants in the Faculty Seminar on Cognitive Science chaired by Professor Lance J. Rips. I wish to express my appreciation to all of these and to many other individuals with whom I discussed the possibility of contribution to this work. I am especially grateful to the authors of the essays included here, as they showed more patience than I could have hoped for in seeing me through a number of uncertain stages in development of the project. My thanks are also due to my colleague Charles Reid for assistance in reviewing submissions, to Tim McFadden for computer resources, and again, to Keith Lehrer for continuing advice in arrangements for publication. Financial support for manuscript preparation was provided in part under University Research Grant No. 617 from the University Research Council, Youngstown State University.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Socratic and Platonic Sources of Cognitivism....Pages 1-17
The First Functionalist....Pages 19-33
Mental Representations in Later Medieval Scholasticism....Pages 35-51
Ockham on Mental Language....Pages 53-70
Linguistics and Descartes....Pages 71-79
Spinoza’s Science of the “Idea of the Body”....Pages 81-97
Leibnizian Resonances....Pages 99-118
Hume and Cognitive Science....Pages 119-137
Reid and the Contemporary View of Consciousness....Pages 139-159
Kant’s Functionalism....Pages 161-187
Kant’s Dedicated Cognitivist System....Pages 189-209
Husserl and the Representational Theory of Mind....Pages 211-233
The Introspectionism of Titchener....Pages 235-242
Analytic Philosophy and Mental Phenomena....Pages 243-265
Intuitive Psychologists: Mental Activities and their Parts....Pages 267-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-306

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Socratic and Platonic Sources of Cognitivism....Pages 1-17
The First Functionalist....Pages 19-33
Mental Representations in Later Medieval Scholasticism....Pages 35-51
Ockham on Mental Language....Pages 53-70
Linguistics and Descartes....Pages 71-79
Spinoza’s Science of the “Idea of the Body”....Pages 81-97
Leibnizian Resonances....Pages 99-118
Hume and Cognitive Science....Pages 119-137
Reid and the Contemporary View of Consciousness....Pages 139-159
Kant’s Functionalism....Pages 161-187
Kant’s Dedicated Cognitivist System....Pages 189-209
Husserl and the Representational Theory of Mind....Pages 211-233
The Introspectionism of Titchener....Pages 235-242
Analytic Philosophy and Mental Phenomena....Pages 243-265
Intuitive Psychologists: Mental Activities and their Parts....Pages 267-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-306
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