http://hdl.handle.net/10453/55 2013-05-25T16:38:24Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14228 Worked up Selves: Personal Development Workers, Self-Work and Therapeutic Cultures Swan Shirley 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7795 The Dynamics of Thought Gardenfors Peter This volume is a collection of some of the most important philosophical papers by Peter Gärdenfors. Spanning a period of more than 20 years of his research, they cover a wide ground of topics, from early works on decision theory, belief revision and nonmonotonic logic to more recent work on conceptual spaces, inductive reasoning, semantics and the evolutions of thinking. Many of the papers have only been published in places that are difficult to access. The common theme of all the papers is the dynamics of thought. Several of the papers have become minor classics and the volume bears witness of the wide scope of Gärdenfors¿ research and of his crisp and often witty style of writing. The volume will be of interest to researchers in philosophy and other cognitive sciences. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7794 How Homo Became Sapiens: On the Evolution of Thinking Gardenfors Peter Our ability to 'think' is really one of our most puzzling characteristics. What it would be like to be unable to think? What would it be like to lack self-awareness? The complexity of this activity is striking. 'Thinking' involves the interaction of a range of mental processes--attention, emotion, memory, planning, self-consciousness, free will, and language. So where did these processes arise? What evolutionary advantages were bestowed upon those with an ability to deceive, to plan, to empathize, or to understand the intention of others? In this compelling new work, Peter Gardenfors embarks on an evolutionary detective story to try and solve one of the big mysteries surrounding human existence--how has the modern human being's way of thinking come into existence. He starts by taking in turn the more basic cognitive processes, such as attention and memory, then builds upon these to explore more complex behaviors, such as self-consciousness, mindreading, and imitation. Having done this, he examines the consequences of "putting thought into the world" -i.e., using external media like cave paintings, drawings, and writing. Immensely readable and humorous, the book will be valuable for students in psychology and biology, and accessible to readers of popular science. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z