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The Logical Foundations of Cognition John Macnamara (Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, McGill University)

The Logical Foundations of Cognition By John Macnamara (Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, McGill University)

Summary

This volume examines the role of logic in cognitive psychology in light of recent developments, such as Gonzalo Reyes's new semantic theory. Chapters reveal the prospects of applying these new theories to cognitive psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, the philosophy of language and logic.

The Logical Foundations of Cognition Summary

The Logical Foundations of Cognition by John Macnamara (Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, McGill University)

This fourth volume in the Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science examines the role of logic in cognitive psychology in the light of recent developments. The chapters highlight the inadequacies of classical logic in its handling of ordinary language and reveal the prospect of applying the new theory of kinds to cognitive psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, the philosophy of language, and logic.

The Logical Foundations of Cognition Reviews

There are many ideas within these pages that deserve the further attention of philosophers of mind and language. * Canadian Philosophical Reviews *

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NPB9780195092158
9780195092158
0195092155
The Logical Foundations of Cognition by John Macnamara (Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, McGill University)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press Inc
1995-02-09
378
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