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6Psychology as EngineeringIn Christina E. Erneling (ed.), The Mind As a Scientific Object: Between Brain and Culture, Oxford University Press. 2004.
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8The challenge from biology to cognitive scienceTheoretical and Philosophical Psychology 6 (1): 31-36. 1986.Concepts from cognitive science have largely replaced behaviorist concepts as the primary explanatory tools of contemporary psychology. However, cognitive science is not without its critics and shortcomings. It would therefore be a mistake for psychologists to uncritically accept cognitive science as it uncritically accepted the logical positivism that undergirded behaviorism for so many decades. Effective philosophical criticisms of cognitive science have been offered by Searle and Dreyfus. In …Read more
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12Fundamentals of cognitive science: minds, brain, magic, and evolutionRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 2022.Fundamentals of Cognitive Science draws on research from psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and neuroscience to provide an engaging and student-friendly introduction to this interdisciplinary field. Whilst structured around traditional cognitive psychology, the book also looks at cognitive neuroscience, and magic.
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Operationism Still Isn't Real: A Temporary Reply to KendlerJournal of Mind and Behavior 2 (3). 1981.
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7A History Of BehaviorJournal of Mind and Behavior 14 (4): 345-354. 1993.The paper traces the development of the term behavior from its first appearance in the English language to the nineteenth century, showing that its primary meaning was always morally tinged. In late nineteenth century America, however, conceptions of morality shifted from being defined by transcendental rules to being defined by deviations from statistical norms. At the same time, the focus of psychology shifted from the study of consciousness to what organisms do, and psychologists redefined th…Read more
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7Waiting for NewtonJournal of Mind and Behavior 16 (1): 9-20. 1995.Argues that Newton's influence on psychology has been broad and profound, if not always acknowledged. From the Enlightenment onward, most philosophers and psychologists have tried to be "Newtons of the Mind," trying to do psychology as Newton did physics, stressing mathematics and mechanism. No Newton has arrived in psychology, but we go on waiting nonetheless. But Newton's influence has been deeper than this, because he defined the modern style in science and ushered in a revolutionary concept …Read more
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25Mind as scientific object: an historical, philosophical explorationIn Christina E. Erneling (ed.), The Mind As a Scientific Object: Between Brain and Culture, Oxford University Press. 2004.
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19Observational learning in Gallus gallus domesticus with and without a conspecific modelBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 24 (3): 237-239. 1986.
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1Gestalt psychologyIn Thomas Baldwin (ed.), The Cambridge history of philosophy, 1870-1945, Cambridge University Press. pp. 377-383. 2003.
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Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRegular Faculty
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Social Science |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |