The Architecture of the Mind: Massive Modularity and the Flexibility of Thought

by Peter Carruthers

Book Overview

Peter Carruthers, a leading philosopher of mind, provides a comprehensive development and defense of one of the guiding assumptions of evolutionary psychology: that the human mind is composed of a large number of semi-independent modules. Written with unusual clarity and directness, and surveying an extensive range of research in cognitive science, it will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the nature and organization of the mind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199207070
• ISBN13: 9780199207077
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"