Coherence in Thought and Action

by Paul Thagard

Book Overview

This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in. Making sense is the activity of fitting something puzzling into a coherent pattern of mental representations that include concepts, beliefs, goals and actions. Paul Thagard proposes a general theory of coherence as the satisfaction of multiple interacting constraints, and discusses the theory's numerous psychological and philosophical applications. Much of human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262201313
• ISBN13: 9780262201315
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"