Out of the Cave
A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing
$144.42
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
21 September 2021
Summary
From a philosopher and a neuropsychologist, a radical rethinking of certain traditional views about human cognition and behavior.
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave trapped us in the illusion that mind is separate from body and from the natural and physical world. Knowledge had to be eternal and absolute. Recent scientific advances, however, show that our bodies shape mind, thought, and language in a deep and pervasive way. In Out of the Cave, Mark Johnson and Don Tucker—a philosop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262046213 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262046210 |
| Author: | Mark L. Johnson, Don M. Tucker |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 21 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Mark L. Johnson
Mark L. Johnson is Professor of Philosophy and Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emeritus, at the University of Oregon. He is most recently the author of Embodied Mind, Meaning, and Reason as well as The Aesthetics of Meaning and Thought and other books.
Don M. Tucker is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Neuroinformatics Center at the University of Oregon. Inventor of the geodesic sensor net, he is CEO and Senior Scientist at Brain Electrophysiology Laboratory Company.
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