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Article: Philosophical Applications of Cognitive Science.
- Article from:
- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
- Author:
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Focus Series. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1993. xiii + 182 pp. Cloth, $44.00; paper, $14.95--In this exceptionally lucid book, Goldman deploys an enviable knowledge of the cognitive science literature in order to make a sustained but highly readable case for the conclusion that findings in cognitive science are relevant to resolving a wide range of philosophical problems. He does not hold that cognitive science can replace philosophy; nor, except perhaps briefly in his chapter on philosophy of mind, does he consider cognitive science as an object of philosophical analysis.
Goldman makes his case by discussing, in as much detail as space provides, how a ...