Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
The Life and Mind series from the MIT Press aims to re-conceptualize the philosophy of biology and psychology by showcasing works that contribute to a meaningful cross-dialogue between philosophers and scientists. Books in the series focus on philosophical issues that arise from, and are relevant to, the practitioners in the behavioral, biological, and cognitive sciences.
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Beyond Versus
The Struggle to Understand the Interaction of Nature and Nurture
ISBN: 9780262549608
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
Why the “nature versus nurture” debate persists despite widespread recognition that human traits arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
What's Left of Human Nature?
A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept
ISBN: 9780262549684
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against dehumanization, Darwinian, and developmentalist challenges.
From Signal to Symbol
The Evolution of Language
ISBN: 9780262045971
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 12, 2021
A novel account of the evolution of language and the cognitive capacities on which language depends.
A Mark of the Mental
In Defense of Informational Teleosemantics
ISBN: 9780262036146
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 16, 2017
Drawing on insights from causal theories of reference, teleosemantics, and state space semantics, a theory of naturalized mental representation.
The Evolution of Morality
ISBN: 9780262600729
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 24, 2007
Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our ancestors a million...
Rock, Bone, and Ruin
An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences
ISBN: 9780262037266
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 16, 2018
An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past.
Humanity's End
Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement
ISBN: 9780262525176
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 16, 2013
An argument that achieving millennial life spans or monumental intellects will destroy values that give meaning to human lives.
Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology
ISBN: 9780262514217
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 22, 2010
A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.
Describing Inner Experience?
Proponent Meets Skeptic
ISBN: 9780262516495
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 19, 2011
A psychologist and a philosopher with opposing viewpoints discuss the extent to which it is possible to report accurately on our own conscious experience, considering both the reliability of introspection in general and the particular self-reported inner experiences of "Melanie," a subject interviewed using the Descriptive Experience Sampling method.
Beyond Versus
The Struggle to Understand the Interaction of Nature and Nurture
ISBN: 9780262549608
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
Why the “nature versus nurture” debate persists despite widespread recognition that human traits arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
What's Left of Human Nature?
A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept
ISBN: 9780262549684
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against dehumanization, Darwinian, and developmentalist challenges.
From Signal to Symbol
The Evolution of Language
ISBN: 9780262045971
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 12, 2021
A novel account of the evolution of language and the cognitive capacities on which language depends.
A Mark of the Mental
In Defense of Informational Teleosemantics
ISBN: 9780262036146
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 16, 2017
Drawing on insights from causal theories of reference, teleosemantics, and state space semantics, a theory of naturalized mental representation.
The Evolution of Morality
ISBN: 9780262600729
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 24, 2007
Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our ancestors a million...
Rock, Bone, and Ruin
An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences
ISBN: 9780262037266
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 16, 2018
An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past.
Humanity's End
Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement
ISBN: 9780262525176
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 16, 2013
An argument that achieving millennial life spans or monumental intellects will destroy values that give meaning to human lives.
Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology
ISBN: 9780262514217
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 22, 2010
A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.
Describing Inner Experience?
Proponent Meets Skeptic
ISBN: 9780262516495
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 19, 2011
A psychologist and a philosopher with opposing viewpoints discuss the extent to which it is possible to report accurately on our own conscious experience, considering both the reliability of introspection in general and the particular self-reported inner experiences of "Melanie," a subject interviewed using the Descriptive Experience Sampling method.
