Introduction A Brentanian might criticize contemporary philosophy of mind on at least the following counts: i. its taxonomy of types of mental act and state is too narrow (thus its repertoire consists, on many standard accounts, in little more than ‘beliefs’ and ‘desires’); ii. its treatment of mental acts and states is too slavishly oriented around linguistic factors (thus for example it is st...

background & aim : students’ academic achievement is one of the important indicators in the assessment of higher education. applying critical thinking in education is a significant factor affecting the growth and development of the students. this study was performed in an attempt to determine the relationship between critical thinking dispositions and academic achievement in midwifery students ...

Introduction Modularity is all the rage. Arguably, over the last few years conceptions of the mind as an assembly of dozens, if not hundreds, of specialized modules have eclipsed what had been the dominant analogy in cognitive science, the view of the mind as a sort of general purpose computer. maintain that domain specific, mental dispositions sustain and unconsciously guide much, if not most,...

We examine the relationship between children's kindergarten attention skills and developmental patterns of classroom engagement throughout elementary school in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods. Kindergarten measures include teacher ratings of classroom behavior, direct assessments of number knowledge and receptive vocabulary, and parent-reported family characteristics. From grades 1 through 6...