Mental states. Vol. 1, Evolution, function, nature / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos.

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9789027291219
9027291217

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Evolution, functon, nature

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Mental States. Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; List of contributors; 1. Mental states; 2. Lithic design space modelling and cognition in Homo floresiensis; 3. "As large as you need and as small as you can"; 4. Homo on Flores; 5. Evolving artificial minds and brains; 6. Multi-agent communication, planning, and collaboration based on perceptions, conceptions, and simulations; 7. The modal-logical interpretation of the causation of bodily actions; 8. Do we access object manipulabilitywhile we categorize?

Summary: Collecting the work of linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, archaeologists, artificial intelligence researchers and philosophers this volume presents a richly varied picture of the nature and function of mental states. Starting from questions about the cognitive capacities of the early hominin homo floresiensis, the essays proceed to the role mental representations play in guiding the behaviour of simple organisms and robots, thence to the question of which features of its environment the human brain represents and the extent to which complex cognitive skills such as language acquisition.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Collecting the work of linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, archaeologists, artificial intelligence researchers and philosophers this volume presents a richly varied picture of the nature and function of mental states. Starting from questions about the cognitive capacities of the early hominin homo floresiensis, the essays proceed to the role mental representations play in guiding the behaviour of simple organisms and robots, thence to the question of which features of its environment the human brain represents and the extent to which complex cognitive skills such as language acquisition.

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