The Continuity of Mind (Oxford Psychology Series) by Michael Spivey
Oxford University Press; 1 edition | June 30, 2008 | English | ISBN: 0195170784 | 445 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Oxford University Press; 1 edition | June 30, 2008 | English | ISBN: 0195170784 | 445 pages | PDF | 12 MB
The cognitive and neural sciences have been on the brink of a paradigm shift for over a decade. The traditional information-processing framework in psychology, with its computer metaphor of the mind, is still considered to be the mainstream approach, but dynamical-systems accounts of mental activity are now receiving a more rigorous treatment, allowing them to more beyond merely brandishing trendy buzzwords. The Continuity of the Mind will help to galvanize the forces of dynamical systems theory, cognitive and computational neuroscience, connectionism, and ecological psychology that are needed to complete this paradigm shift.