Where Biology Meets Psychology: Philosophical Essays
Author:   Valerie Gray Hardcastle (Dean and Professor, University of Cincinnati)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780262082761


Pages:   404
Publication Date:   19 August 1999
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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Where Biology Meets Psychology: Philosophical Essays


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This text opens a dialogue between the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of psychology. It aims to broaden the traditional subject matter of the philosophy of biology while informing the philosophy of psychology of relevant biological constraints and insights. The book is organized around six themes: functions and teleology; evolutionary psychology; innateness; philosophy of mind; philosophy of science; and parallels between between philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind.

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Author:   Valerie Gray Hardcastle (Dean and Professor, University of Cincinnati)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9780262082761


ISBN 10:   0262082764
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   19 August 1999
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Where Biology Meets Psychology is a welcome addition to the growingliterature linking biology especially neuroscience and evolution topsychology and the philosophy of mind. This volume has the furtheradvantage of not being another gathering of the usual suspects. Robert Cummins , Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis


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Valerie Gray Hardcastle is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

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