Defending Representation Realism
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
10-12-2020
Publication Title
What Are Mental Representations?
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1
First page number:
54
Last page number:
78
Abstract
The topic of this book is mental representation, a theoretical concept that lies at the core of cognitive science. Together with the idea that thinking is analogous to computational processing, this concept is responsible for the "cognitive turn" in the sciences of the mind and brain since the 1950s. Conceiving of cognitive processes (such as perception, reasoning, and motor control) as consisting of the manipulation of contentful vehicles that represent the world has led to tremendous empirical advancements in our explanations of behaviour.
Keywords
Cognitive processes; Representational structures; Representational posits; Philosophy of cognitive science; Representational realism
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Philosophy | Philosophy of Mind
Language
English
Repository Citation
Ramsey, W.
(2020).
Defending Representation Realism.
What Are Mental Representations?
54-78.
Oxford University Press.