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    Mind, Science and Computation

    ISBN: 978-971-97-0244-3

    Napoleon M. Mabaquiao

    Publisher: De La Salle University Publishing House

    ₱200.00
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    Quick Overview

    This book is about the relationship between the concepts of mind, science, and computation. From the standpoint of cognitive science—the interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind—the working hypothesis for this relation is that the key to a scientific understanding of the mind is the concept of computation, which is just another way of saying that the way to naturalize the mind is through the computational framework. In particular, this book assesses the validity of this hypothesis. The book is divided into two major parts. The first part makes a general survey of the fundamental issues and competing views in the discipline of philosophy of mind. This is intended to provide a proper orientation and background for the second part, which examines the plausibility of the computational framework and the feasibility of the project to naturalize the mind. These two parts can also be seen in another way: the first gives a general introduction to the discipline of the philosophy of mind, while the second provides one possible route into some of the current debates in the discipline. In this light, this book is ideal reading for both beginners and advanced students in the philosophy of mind.

    What Scholars Say
    “This book is beautifully clear and impressively well-researched, and Prof. Mabaquiao shows a real sensitivity to the complexity and subtlety of the philosophical and scientific issues. If you are looking for an authoritative survey of the main philosophical questions about the science of consciousness, then you have chosen the right book. I recommend it to you.” (From the Foreword)
    Tim Crane (Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge)

    “This book is both a valuable text and a significant contribution to the philosophy of mind in its own right. It is remarkably lucid, engaging, elegant, and well organized. Dr. Mabaquiao does a fine job of mapping the philosophical landscape associated with understanding the mind, especially the computationalist program for naturalizing it. The reader is given a wonderful panorama.”
    Alan Hájek (Professor of Philosophy, Australian National University)

    “Napoleon Mabaquiao has written a high quality work in the analytical philosophy of mind. He has mastered the extensive and demanding literature in this area of study and has put together a lucid and penetrating examination of some of the central issues. Since this is one of the most exciting and sophisticated philosophies in existence, he is to be applauded for expounding it so ably and making his own contributions to the field…. I hope that his book is widely studied by philosophers, scientists, and anyone interested in the nature of the mind.”
    Colin McGinn (Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami)
    Mind, Science and Computation