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Neuropsychology and philosophy of mind in process : essays in honor of Jason W. Brown

By Weber , Jason W. , Michel; Pąchalska , Maria; Brown

Book information

Publisher
Ontos Verlag, [Distributed in] North and South America by Transaction Books
Year
2008
ISBN
9783110329438, 3110329433
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4832288 bytes)
Series
Process thought 18.
Pages
444\450
Time added
2015-09-13 17:24:02
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This volume celebrates the life achievements of Jason W. Brown, who, along with Jean Piaget, Heinz Werner, Alexander Luria and the Würzburg school, has significantly contributed to the development of a process-based theory of brain/mind capable of challenging the currently fashionable modularist or cybernetic approaches to understanding human thought and feeling. As a paradigm, Brown's microgenetic theory is thus applicable in both brain science (where Brown was inspired by the pioneering work of Schilder and Pick) and the philosophy of mind (where the influence of Bergson, Whitehead, Cassirer.  Read more...

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