{"product_id":"coherence-in-thought-and-action-9780262700924","title":"Coherence in Thought and Action","description":"This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in. Making sense is the activity of fitting something puzzling into a coherent pattern of mental representations that include concepts, beliefs, goals, and actions. Paul Thagard proposes a general theory of coherence as the satisfaction of multiple interacting constraints, and discusses the theory's numerous psychological and philosophical applications. Much of human cognition can be understood in terms of coherence as constraint satisfaction, and many of the central problems of philosophy can be given coherence-based solutions. Thagard shows how coherence can help to unify psychology and philosophy, particularly when addressing questions of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. He also shows how coherence can integrate cognition and emotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Thagard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bradford Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 4.92w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262700924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThagard, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Cognitive Science of Science\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 2012) and many other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bradford Book","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40507126546547,"sku":"9.78026E+12","price":50.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2102340d-d238-48a7-bc04-37e0c2b04093.jpg?v=1665493749","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/coherence-in-thought-and-action-9780262700924","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}