Consciousness, cognitive schemata, and relativism
Subtitle: multidisciplinary explorations in cognitive science
By: edited by Matti Kamppinen.
Contributors: Kamppinen, Matti, 1961-
Series: Studies in cognitive systems ;; v. 15
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Philosophy of mind; Cognitive science; Consciousness; Schemas (Psychology); Explanation; Relativity
Description: The purpose of this book is to illustrate how empirical and conceptual problems interact in modern cognitive science. A multidisciplinary approach encourages us to redraw the boundaries between conceptual and empirical research. The pervading theme is the distinction between ontology and phenomenology. Part I, Cognitive models of consciousness, reviews and evaluates the contemporary discussion concerning consciousness. We suggest that the first-person, phenomenological point of view should be preserved in theories of consciousness. Part II, Cognitive schemata, deals with methodological issues, especially with cognitive explanations in anthropology. In Part III, Relativism and cognitivism, the classical problem of relativism inherent in the study of doxastic diversity is studied in the novel context provided by cognitivism. Cognitivism appears to provide a solution to the problem of relativism, but, by the same token, it invites a more profound version of relativism. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.