{"product_id":"joint-ventures-mindreading-mirroring-and-embodied-cognition-9780190869564","title":"Joint Ventures: Mindreading, Mirroring, and Embodied Cognition","description":"What distinguishes humankind from other species? A leading candidate is our facility at mutual understanding (theory of mind), our ability to ascribe thoughts, desires, and feelings to one another. How do we do this? Folk-wisdom says, By empathy--we put ourselves in other people's shoes.\u003cbr\u003eIn the last few decades this idea has moved from folk-wisdom to philosophical conjecture to serious scientific theory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume collects essays by Alvin Goldman, many of which have played a major role in crystallizing this simulation, or empathizing, account of mindreading and showing how it is confirmed by recent findings in psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Regions of your brain resonate with the\u003cbr\u003ebrains of others when you observe them manifest their feelings in facial affect or see them about to undergo a painful stimulus or a mere touch on the arm. Essays in the volume explore an array of topics in the philosophy of cognitive science, ranging from embodied cognition to the metaphysics of\u003cbr\u003eactions and events. Embodied cognition is a catch-phrase for a family of current proposals in the philosophy of cognitive science. Some of these call for a radical re-shaping of cognitive science and others for a more measured response to repeated experimental findings that the body--or\u003cbr\u003erepresentations of the body--figure more prominently in cognition than previously recognized. Goldman dives into this terrain with a theory that brings coherence and unity to a large swath of scientific evidence. Other essays revisit his earlier work on action individuation but reconfigure it with a\u003cbr\u003epsychologizing twist. The final essay prepares the reader for a futuristic scenario: a book presents you with eerily accurate accounts of your past life, your present thoughts, and even your upcoming decisions. How should you respond to it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alvin I. Goldman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190869564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlvin I. Goldman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy \u0026amp; Cognitive Science and is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He is one of the most influential epistemologists of the last several decades, with seminal contributions on the causal theory of knowledge, process reliabilism, and social epistemology. He also works at several interfaces between cognitive science and philosophy, including philosophy of mind, epistemology, and metaphysics. With over twelve books and 150 articles to his credit, he is among the most prolific and wide-ranging philosophers of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39929222692979,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":46.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5c6f52fa-0322-43cf-9d1f-952eee5bb6c6.jpg?v=1647611920","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/joint-ventures-mindreading-mirroring-and-embodied-cognition-9780190869564","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}