EN, ES - Main theories of mind in philosophy and cognitive science

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Versión en español debajo.

 

     Hello, everyone! From now on I will be working on a series of entries called “Main theories of mind in philosophy of mind and cognitive science.” I will try to post a weekly entry on each one of these theories, shown here in this figure by Jasper van der Herik (2019):



     I will go in the same order of the figure above, beginning with substance dualism, methodological behaviorism, identity theory, functionalism, eliminativism, intentional stance, extended mind, and finally, embodied cognition.

     Every good philosophical theory has its own strengths and weaknesses. We will be taking a look at each one of these and I will try to be as impartial as possible, as I still don’t favor any of these theories at least yet.

     If you want to begin studying on your own, I totally recommend John Heil’s book called “Philosophy of mind. A contemporary introduction. 3rd edition.” David Chalmer’s book, “Philosophy of mind. Classical and contemporary readings” is also a good introduction to philosophy of mind, with many articles and excerpts from famous philosophers of mind proposing the theories above mentioned.

     I will also recommend Fred Cummins’ introduction to cognitive science from the School of Computer Science & Informatics that you can check out for free on YouTube.


 

Versión en español:

 

     ¡Hola a todos! De ahora en adelante estaré trabajando en una serie de entradas llamada “Principales teorías de la mente en filosofía de la mente y ciencia cognitiva”. Intentaré publicar semanalmente una entrada diferente en cada una de estas teorías, mostradas en esta figura diseñada por Jasper van der Herik (2019):

Comenzaré en el mismo orden de la figura presentada arriba, comenzando con el dualismo de substancia, luego el conductismo metodológico, luego la teoría de identidad, posteriormente el funcionalismo, luego el eliminativismo, y terminaré luego con las últimas tres (cuyas traducciones tengo que precisar primero).

     Toda buena teoría filosófica tiene sus fortalezas y debilidades. Estaremos tomando un vistazo a cada una de estas e intentaré ser lo más imparcial posible, puesto que todavía no favorezco ninguna de estas teorías aún.

     Si quieren estudiar filosofía de la mente por su cuenta, yo recomiendo el libro de John Heil llamado “Philosophy of mind. A contemporary introduction. 3rd edition.” El libro de David Chalmer, “Philosophy of mind. Classical and contemporary readings” también es una excelente introducción a la filosofía de la mente, con muchos artículos y pasajes de filósofos de la mente proponiendo las teorías mencionadas arriba.

     También les recomendaré la introducción a la ciencia cognitiva de Fred Cummins de la School of Computer Science & Informatics que pueden ver de forma gratuita en YouTube.

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