Patterns of Rationality [electronic resource] : Recurring Inferences in Science, Social Cognition and Religious Thinking / by Tommaso Bertolotti.

Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783319177861
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/16148
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2015.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XV, 278 p. 6 illus. online resource.
Dizi
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 2192-6263 ; 19
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction -- Part I Science and Strategic Cognition -- Part II Cognitive Niches and Social Cognition: Using Knowledge as a Tool -- Part III The Eco-Cognitive Epistemology of Counterfactual Beliefs.
Özet, vb.
The book is an epistemological monograph written from a multidisciplinary perspective. It provides a complex and realistic picture of cognition and rationality, as endowments aimed at making sense and reacting smartly to one’s environment, be it epistemic, social or simply ecological. The first part of the book analyzes scientific modeling as products of the biological necessity to cope with the environment and be able to draw as many inferences as possible about it. Moreover, it develops an epistemological framework which will be exploited in both the second part of the book, focusing on social cognition and cognitive niche construction, and the third part, dealing with the apparent irrationality of magical and religious belief. The book also discusses how both social networking and online religion influence cognition, rationality and irrational belief.
Konu
Knowledge, Theory of.
Cognitive psychology.
Computational intelligence.
Science __ Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology).
Religion.
Epistemology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Computational Intelligence.
Philosophy of Science.
Evolutionary Biology.
Religion.