Knowledge, Dexterity, and Attention

by Carlos Montemayor and Abrol Fairweather

Book Overview

Contemporary cognitive science clearly tells us that attention is modulated for speech and action. While these forms of goal-directed attention are very well researched in psychology, they have not been sufficiently studied by epistemologists. In this book, Abrol Fairweather and Carlos Montemayor develop and defend a theory of epistemic achievements that requires the manifestation of cognitive agency. They examine empirical work on the psychology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107089824
• ISBN13: 9781107089822
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"