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Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature

Hardback

Main Details

Title Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Godfrey-Smith
SeriesCambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:328
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 160
Category/GenrePhilosophy of the mind
ISBN/Barcode 9780521451666
ClassificationsDewey:128.2
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 29 March 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book is a further contribution to the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. It is an ambitious attempt to explain the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing to link philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments, and to the general pattern of "externalist" explanations. This is a highly original philosophical project that will appeal to a broad swath of philosophers, especially those working in the philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.