In this lively Very Short Introduction, Tim Bayne looks at the nature of thought. Exploring questions such as 'What are thoughts?' and 'How is thought realized in the brain?', he draws on research in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and anthropology to look at what we know - and don't know - about the capacity for thought.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: What is thought?
- 2: The mechanical mind
- 3: The inner sanctum
- 4: Of brutes and babes
- 5: 'They don't think like we do'
- 6: Thought gone wrong
- 7: The ethics of thought
- 8: The limits of thought
