Distributed Cognition and the Will
Individual Volition and Social Context
Published on 27. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-262-68169-8 (ISBN)
Description
Philosophers and behavioral scientists discuss what, if anything, of the traditional concept of individual conscious will can survive recent scientific discoveries that human decision making is distributed across different brain processes and through the social environment.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
22 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-68169-8 (9780262681698)
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Don Ross is Professor of Economics and Dean of Commerce at the University of Cape Town, and Research Fellow in the Center for Economic Analysis of Risk at Georgia State University.. He is the author of Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation (MIT Press, 2005), companion volume to Midbrain Mutiny.