The Purposive Mind: Philosophical Foundations for a Theory of Teleology in the Sciences of Mind and Life
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The Purposive Mind: Philosophical Foundations for a Theory of Teleology in the Sciences of Mind and Life
Yazar:
Hovhannisyan, Garri, author.
ISBN:
9780438007154
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1 electronic resource (126 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: Lisa Osbeck Committee members: Marie-Cécile Bertau; Mark Kunkel.
Özet:
The problem of intrinsic teleology is that of generating a scientific explanation of purposive (goal-directed) behavior in nature. It is far from clear, however, how purposive behavior could possibly arise in a purely causal universe. The popular approach within the biological and cognitive sciences is reductive in that it explains purposiveness in non-purposive terms. This thesis finds the reductive approach unsatisfying and offers a philosophical argument for a non-reductive alternative, delivered across six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the problem of teleology and argues that the way in which the problem ought to be addressed is philosophically. Chapter 2 offers additional insight into the nature of the problem by situating it in a discussion of its historical context: it traces the beginnings of the reduction of teleology to the writings of Rene Descartes and locates the problem of teleology in its modern framing in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Chapter 3 explicates and critiques neo-Darwinism and cognitivism---two modern inheritors of Kantian philosophy---which act to jointly ground the reductive approach to teleology. Upon clearing the way for a non-reductive alternative, chapter 4 introduces the "enactive approach" to cognitive science and argues that it is able to leverage a non-reductive position with respect to teleology. Accordingly, chapter 5 constitutes the theory-building element of this thesis and shows how exactly enactivism can act to leverage such a non-reductive position. Finally, chapter 6 summarizes the findings of this thesis and discusses some general applications for future research in cognitive science and psychopathology.
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School code: 0366
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