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Attention Is Cognitive Unison: An Essay in Philosophical Psychology (Philosophy of Mind)

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Attention Is Cognitive Unison: An Essay in Philosophical Psychology (Philosophy of Mind)

Some psychological phenomena can be explained by identifying and describing the processes that constitute them. Others cannot be explained in that way. In Attention is Cognitive Unison Christopher Mole gives a precise account of the metaphysical difference that divides these two categories and shows that, when current psychologists attempt to explain attention, they assign it to the wrong one.

Having rejected the metaphysical approach taken by our existing theories of attention Mole then develops a new theory. According to this theory the question of whether someone is paying attention is not settled by the facts about which processes are taking place. It is settled by the facts about whether the processes that serve that person's task-- whichever processes those happen to be--are processes that operate in unison. This theory gives us a new account of the problems that have dogged debates about the psychology of attention since the middle of the twentieth century. It also gives us a new way to understand the explanatory importance of cognitive psychology's empirical findings. The book as whole shows that metaphysical questions have a foundational role to play in the explanatory project of cognitive psychology.

This volume is of interest to anyone engaged in current debates in the philosophy of mind and perception, and in cognitive science generally.

Country	USA
Author	Christopher Mole
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780199330300
Edition	Reprint
IsAdultProduct
ISBN	0199330301
Label	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	200
PublicationDate	2013-09-01
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ReleaseDate	2013-09-01
Studio	Oxford University Press