The Idealized Mind
From Model-Based Science to Cognitive Science
Published on 5. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-262-55293-6 (ISBN)
Description
"A defense of "Scientific Realism" based on the role that idealizations play in the cognitive sciences. Written by an up and coming philosopher or mind and cognitive scientist"-- Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
13 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55293-6 (9780262552936)
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08/2025
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Person
Michael D. Kirchhoff is Associate Professor in the School of Liberal Arts at the University of Wollongong.
Content
Introduction
Part 1: Scientific Realism and the Non-literal View of Idealization
Chapter 1 - Scientific Models and the Map Problem
Chapter 2 - Idealization: The Standard View
Chapter 3 - Idealization: The Non-literal View
Chapter 4: Idealization and Scientific Realism
Part 2: Implications for Cognitive Science
Chapter 5 - Idealization and Neural Representation
Chapter 6 - Idealization and Content in Computational Modeling
Chapter 7 - Idealization and the Mechanistic Theory of Computation
Chapter 8 - Idealization, Multiple Models and Pluralism
Chapter 9 - Idealization and a Grand Unifying Theory of the Brain (case study)
Chapter 10 - Idealization and Fictionalism in Science and Cognitive Science
Concluding remarks: The idealized mind
References
Part 1: Scientific Realism and the Non-literal View of Idealization
Chapter 1 - Scientific Models and the Map Problem
Chapter 2 - Idealization: The Standard View
Chapter 3 - Idealization: The Non-literal View
Chapter 4: Idealization and Scientific Realism
Part 2: Implications for Cognitive Science
Chapter 5 - Idealization and Neural Representation
Chapter 6 - Idealization and Content in Computational Modeling
Chapter 7 - Idealization and the Mechanistic Theory of Computation
Chapter 8 - Idealization, Multiple Models and Pluralism
Chapter 9 - Idealization and a Grand Unifying Theory of the Brain (case study)
Chapter 10 - Idealization and Fictionalism in Science and Cognitive Science
Concluding remarks: The idealized mind
References