Author: Dodwell, Peter C.
Title: Brave New Mind: A Thoughtful Inquiry into the Nature and Meaning of Mental Life
Description: New York, Oxford University Press, 2000. orig.boards. 24x15cm, ix,250 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Scope of Cognitive Science; The Psychological Underpinnings of Cognitive Science; Other Paths in Cognitive Science; The Science of Mind; Brain and Mind, a Many-Layered Enigma; New Perspectives on Representation and Reality; Mathematics and the Mind; Explanation in Cognitive Science; The Sacred River ["How was the standard model of the mind developed? Is it adequate? And is there a place in this model for the creative genius of artists, scientists, and mathematicians? This book looks at how scientists investigate the nature of the mind and the brain, providing answers to these important questions and offering a provocative theory about the nature of consciousness" - Publisher's description].

Keywords: Cognitive Science, Cognition, Psychology, Mind, Consciousness, Creative Thinking, , ,