On central cognition

• Autores: Peter Carruthers
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Vol. 170, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 143-162
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines what is known about the cognitive science of working memory, and brings the findings to bear in evaluating philosophical accounts of central cognitive processes of thinking and reasoning. It is argued that central cognition is sensory based, depending on the activation and deployment of sensory images of various sorts. Contrary to a broad spectrum of philosophical opinion, the central mind does not contain any workspace within which goals, decisions, intentions, or non-sensory judgments can be active.