So, aside from precisely defining what emergence is, any philosophical defense of
emergence should aim to explain-ideally, explain away-its apparently illegitimate …

Is the history of life a series of accidents or a drama scripted by selfish genes? Is there an"
essential" human nature, determined at birth or in a distant evolutionary past? What should …

Since the 1970s the cognitive sciences have offered multidisciplinary ways of understanding
the mind and cognition. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS) is a …

Thinking without Words provides a challenging new theory of the nature of non-linguistic
thought. Many scientific disciplines treat non-linguistic creatures as thinkers, explaining their …

Cognitive Science combines the interdisciplinary streams of cognitive science into a unified
narrative in an all-encompassing introduction to the field. This text presents cognitive …

This book offers a critical reconstruction of the fundamental ideas and methods in artificial
intelligence (AI) research. By paying close attention to the metaphors of AI and their …

In Reconstructing the Cognitive World, Michael Wheeler argues that we should turn away
from the generically Cartesian philosophical foundations of much contemporary cognitive …

David Charles presents a study of Aristotle's views on meaning, essence, necessity, and
related topics. These interconnected views are central to Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy …

How can the human mind represent the external world? What is thought, and can it be
studied scientifically? Should we think of the mind as a kind of machine? Is the mind a …

Computational and information‐theoretic research in philosophy has become increasingly
fertile and pervasive, giving rise to a wealth of interesting results. In consequence, a new …