Demonstrative Thought: A Pragmatic View

Felipe Nogueira de Carvalho

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Demonstrative Thought

A Pragmatic View

Felipe Nogueira de Carvalho

Volume 34 in the series Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110465808

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How can we explain our capacity to think about particulars in our external environment? Many philosophers have answered this question in terms of a sophisticated conception of space and time and the movement of objects therein. A more recent reaction against this view sought to explain this capacity solely in terms of perceptual mechanisms of object individuation. Neither explanation remains fully satisfactory.
This book argues for a more desirable middle ground in terms of a pragmatist approach to demonstrative thought, where this capacity is explained through graded practical knowledge of objects.
This view allows us to do justice to important insights put forward by both positions criticized in the book, while avoiding their potential shortcomings. It also paves the way to a more pragmatist approach to the theory of mental representation, where the notion of practical knowledge is allowed to play a central role in our cognitive life. Finally, it shows how practical knowledge may be firmly rooted in neurobiological processes and mechanisms that conform to what the empirical sciences tell us about the mind.

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Felipe Nogueira de Carvalho, Santana dos Montes, Brazil.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1. Introduction: What is Demonstrative Thought and How to Explain it? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Perceptualist Approaches to Demonstrative Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Attention-based Perceptualist Theories of Demonstrative Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Non-attentional Perceptualist Theories of Demonstrative Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
5. The Conceptualist Challenge to Demonstrative Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
6. The Pragmatic View of Demonstrative Thought (I): Practical Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
7. The Pragmatic View of Demonstrative Thought (II): Object Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, institutions, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 275
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- Illustrations: 24
- Line drawings: 6
- Tables: 3
Keywords: Mental representation; cognition; perception; neurobiology; practical knowledge

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Published: June 6, 2016
ISBN: 9783110465808

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Published: June 6, 2016
ISBN: 9783110464665