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Carruthers, Peter, 1952-

The architecture of the mind : massive modularity and the flexibility of thought / Peter Carruthers. - Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006. - xviii, 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-448) and indexes.

The case for massively modular models of mind -- The architecture of animal minds -- Modules of the human mind -- Modularity and flexibility : the first steps -- Creative cognition in a modular mind -- The cognitive basis of science -- Distinctively human practical reason.

ISBN: 0199207070 (pbk) 9780199207077 (pbk) 0199207089 (hbk) 9780199207084 (hbk)

LCCN: 2006017200

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA658742 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013504349 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychology--Philosophy.
Modularity (Psychology)
Brain.

LC Class. No.: BF38 / .C375 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 128/.2