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The architecture of the mind [electronic resource] : massive modularity and the flexibility of thought / Peter Carruthers.

By: Carruthers, Peter, 1952-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xviii, 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Psychology -- Philosophy | Modularity (Psychology) | BrainGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 128/.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The case for massively modular models of mind -- The architecture of animal minds -- Modules of the human mind -- Modularity and flexibility : the first steps -- Creative cognition in a modular mind -- The cognitive basis of science -- Distinctively human practical reason.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-448) and indexes.

The case for massively modular models of mind -- The architecture of animal minds -- Modules of the human mind -- Modularity and flexibility : the first steps -- Creative cognition in a modular mind -- The cognitive basis of science -- Distinctively human practical reason.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.