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How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and the Human Mind by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The essays focus especially on issues to do with modularity of mind, the evolution and significance of natural language, and the evolution of our capacity for meta-cognition (thought about thought), together with its implications for consciousness. The editors have provided an introduction that lays out the background to the questions which the essays address, and a consolidated bibliography that will be a valuable reference resource for all those interested in this area. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in the evolution and nature of the mind.

Genetic psychology --- Modularity (Psychology) --- Metacognition --- Psycholinguistics --- Evolutionary psychology --- Psychologie génétique --- Modularité (Psychologie) --- Métacognition --- Psycholinguistique --- Psychologie évolutionniste. --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Psychologie génétique --- Modularité (Psychologie) --- Métacognition --- Psychologie évolutionniste. --- Congrès --- Cerveau --- Langage --- Ontogenèse --- Phylogenèse --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy --- Meta knowledge --- Metamemory --- Cognition --- Self-control --- Self-perception --- Faculty psychology --- Modules (Psychology) --- Human information processing --- Human genetics --- Psychology --- Genetic psychology. --- Psychologie génétique. --- Modularité (psychologie)

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This study synthesizes current information from the various fields of cognitive science in support of a new and exciting theory of mind. Most psychologists study horizontal processes like memory and information flow; Fodor postulates a vertical and modular psychological organization underlying biologically coherent behaviors. This view of mental architecture is consistent with the historical tradition of faculty psychology while integrating a computational approach to mental processes. One of the most notable aspects of Fodor's work is that it articulates features not only of speculative cognitive architectures but also of current research in artificial intelligence. -- Publisher description.

130.3 --- 130.3 Metafysica van het geestesleven. Philosphy of mind. Artificial intelligence --- Metafysica van het geestesleven. Philosphy of mind. Artificial intelligence --- Cognition --- Modularity (Psychology) --- Faculty psychology --- Modules (Psychology) --- Cognition. --- Modularity (Psychology). --- Human information processing --- Psychology --- Cognitive psychology --- Modularité (Psychologie) --- COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General --- PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General