Review of Curious Emotions, by Ralph Ellis; John Benjamins Publishing, 2005 (Advances in Consciousness Research Series)

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  • Christopher Willmot
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At first glance, this does not look like the kind of book which would help cognitive science researchers, as Ralph Ellis is Professor of Philosophy at Clark Atlanta University and has written mainly on consciousness, affect, motivation and thinking. But Ellis’ long-term interest in the philosophy of mind makes his observations refreshingly different. He emphasises a viewpoint and approach that few have explored, making some specific suggestions which might prove fruitful research areas. Most cognitive science research (Arkin, 1998; Arleo, Smeraldi, & Gerstner, 2004; Weber, Wermter, & Zochios, 2004) takes a reactive view, where data in the environment triggers an agent to respond in some way. Ellis turns this on its head. For him it is the agent which is always active within a relatively passive environment. The agent is no tabula rasa but already has purposes of its own. Citing evidence fromneuroscience and psychology, he presents a ‘‘biological organism’’ constructed as a self-organising system.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cognitive Systems Research

دوره 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006