Beyond Concepts: Unicepts, Language, and Natural Information

by Ruth Garrett Millikan

Book Overview

Ruth Garrett Millikan presents a highly original account of cognition - of how we get to grips with the world in thought. The question at the heart of her book is Kant's 'How is knowledge possible?', but answered from a contemporary naturalist standpoint. The starting assumption is that we are evolved creatures that use cognition as a guide in dealing with the natural world, and that the natural world is roughly as natural science has tried to describe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198717202
• ISBN13: 9780198717201
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"