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Coherence in Thought and Action by Paul Thagard

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Coherence in Thought and Action by Paul Thagard

This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in. Making sense is the activity of fitting something puzzling into a coherent pattern of mental representations that include concepts, beliefs, goals, and actions. Paul Thagard proposes a general theory of coherence as the satisfaction of multiple interacting constraints, and discusses the theory's numerous psychological and philosophical applications. Much of human cognition can be understood in terms of coherence as constraint satisfaction, and many of the central problems of philosophy can be given coherence-based solutions. Thagard shows how coherence can help to unify psychology and philosophy, particularly when addressing questions of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. He also shows how coherence can integrate cognition and emotion.

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Paul Thagard is a professor of philosophy and the director of the University of Waterloo's Cognitive Science Department. Conceptual Revolutions (Princeton) and Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Science (MIT Press) are two of his earlier books.

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ISBN 13 9780262700924
ISBN 10 0262700921
Title Coherence in Thought and Action
Author Paul Thagard
Series Life And Mind: Philosophical Issues In Biology And Psychology
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher MIT Press Ltd
Year published 2002-07-26
Number of pages 330
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.