The Dissolution of Mind: A Fable of How Experience Gives Rise to Cognition (Cognitive Science, 128)

Vilarroya, Oscar

ISBN 10: 9042013702 / ISBN 13: 9789042013704

Published by Brill, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dissolution of Mind: A Fable of How Experience Gives Rise to Cognition (Cognitive Science, 128)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042013702
• ISBN 13: 9789042013704
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book presents an original thesis about the notion of sensory experience and of the mind’s architecture, which is grounded in current trends in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. Presented in the form of a dialogue, the book explores some of the psychological and philosophical consequences that the author derives from his proposal.

About the Author

Oscar Vilarroya studied Medicine at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. As an undergraduate, he worked as a research assistant in the Neuropsychology Section at the Hospital de la Creu i Sant Pau. After graduating, Vilarroya moved to the United Kindom, where he worked as research officer in Neuropsychology at the University of London, under the direction of Professor Christine Temple. Back in Barcelona, Vilarroya became interested in connectionist modeling and philosophy of mind. He completed his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and Language at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1998. Vilarroya has authored papers in major scholarly journals such as Brain and Language, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Minds and Machines, Biology and Philosophy, and Cognitive Linguistics, and is also one of the founders of the Centre de Recerca en Ciència Cognitiva. He currently is a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and is an active disseminator of science and medicine, appearing regularly in the Spanish press and radio media.