The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes

Author/Contributor(s):	Rowlands, Mark
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	01/07/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In this book, Mark Rowlands challenges the Cartesian view of the mind as a self-contained monadic entity, and offers in its place a radical externalist or environmentalist model of cognitive processes. Drawing on both evolutionary theory and a detailed examination of the processes involved in perception, memory, thought and language use, Rowlands argues that cognition is, in part, a process whereby creatures manipulate and exploit relevant objects in their environment. This innovative book provides a foundation for an unorthodox but increasingly popular view of the nature of cognition.