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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2023

Muhammad Ali Khalidi
Affiliation:
City University of New York

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Cognitive Ontology
Taxonomic Practices in the Mind-Brain Sciences
, pp. vii - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Contributors

  3. Preface

  4. 1Cognitive Kinds

    1. 1.1Introduction

    2. 1.2Naturalism about Kinds

    3. 1.3Ontological Matters

    4. 1.4Reductionism

    5. 1.5Realism

    6. 1.6Conclusion

  5. 2Concepts

    1. 2.1Introduction

    2. 2.2Empirical Accounts: Cognitive Neuroscience

    3. 2.3Empirical Accounts: Cognitive Psychology

    4. 2.4A Functional Account of Concepts

    5. 2.5Objections and Replies

    6. 2.6Conclusion

  6. 3Innateness

    1. 3.1Introduction

    2. 3.2Critiques of the Innateness Category

    3. 3.3Innateness as a Cluster Category

    4. 3.4Is Innateness a Homeostatic Property Cluster?

    5. 3.5Objections and Replies

    6. 3.6Conclusion

  7. 4Domain Specificity

    1. 4.1Introduction

    2. 4.2Domain Specificity and Its Confounds

    3. 4.3A Preliminary Example and a Theoretical Proposal

    4. 4.4Further Evidence

    5. 4.5A Theoretical Challenge and Response

    6. 4.6Conclusion

  8. 5Episodic Memory

    1. 5.1Introduction

    2. 5.2What Is Episodic Memory?

    3. 5.3Empirical Challenges

    4. 5.4Episodic Memory as a Cognitive Kind

    5. 5.5Is Episodic Memory a Neural Kind?

    6. 5.6Conclusion

  9. 6Language-Thought Processes

    1. 6.1Introduction

    2. 6.2Empirical Evidence for the LT Hypothesis

    3. 6.3Formulations of the LT Hypothesis

    4. 6.4Proposal and Discussion

    5. 6.5Two Kinds of LT Process

    6. 6.6Conclusion

  10. 7Cognitive Heuristics and Biases (cowritten with Joshua Mugg)

    1. 7.1Introduction

    2. 7.2Heuristic as a Cognitive Kind

    3. 7.3Sub Categories of Heuristics as Cognitive Kinds

    4. 7.4Confirmation Bias or Myside Heuristic

    5. 7.5Conclusion

  11. 8Body Dysmorphic Disorder (cowritten with Amy MacKinnon)

    1. 8.1Introduction

    2. 8.2Characterization of BDD

    3. 8.3Comparison of BDD with OCD

    4. 8.4Proposal for a Causal Model of BDD

    5. 8.5Objections and Replies

    6. 8.6Conclusion

  12. 9Epilogue

  13. 9.1Introduction

  14. 9.2Etiological–Environmental Individuation

  15. 9.3Ontological Categories

  16. 9.4Reductionism and Cognitive Neuroscience

  17. References

  18. Index

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