The Intelligent Mind: On the Genesis and Constitution of Discursive Thought

by Richard Dien Winfield

Overview

The Intelligent Mind conceives the psychological reality of thought and language, explaining how intelligence develops from intuition to representation and then to linguistic interaction and thinking. Overcoming the prevailing dogmas regarding how discursive reason emerges, this book secures the psychological possibility of the philosophy of mind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137549334
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/18/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	265
File size:	435 KB

About the Author

Richard Dien Winfield is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia, USA, where he has taught since 1982.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Theoretical Intelligence as Cognition
2. Intelligence as Intuition
3. Intelligence as Representation
4. The Constitution of Linguistic Intelligence
5. The Psychology of Thinking
Works Cited
Index