Coherence in Thought and Action
(Part of the Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology Series)
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This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in. Making sense is the activity of fitting something puzzling into a coherent pattern of mental representations that include concepts, beliefs, goals and actions. Paul Thagard proposes a general theory of coherence as the satisfaction of multiple interacting constraints, and discusses the theory's numerous psychological and philosophical applications. Much of human cognition can be understood in terms of coherence as constraint satisfaction, and many of the central problems of philosophy can be given coherence-based solutions. Thagard shows how coherence can help to unify psychology and philosophy, particularly when addressing questions of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics and aesthetics. He also shows how coherence can integrate cognition and emotion.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262201313
ISBN13:9780262201315
Release Date:November 2000
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:312 Pages
Weight:3.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"
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