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1. Mental Mechanisms

   Philosophical Perspectives on Cognitive Neuroscience

   By William Bechtel

   A variety of scientific disciplines have set as their task explaining mental activities, recognizing that in some way these activities depend upon our brain. But, until recently, the opportunities to conduct experiments directly on our brains were limited. As a result, research efforts were split...

   Published October 28th 2007 by Psychology Press
2. How To Do Things With Logic

   By C. Grant Luckhardt, William Bechtel, Grant Luckhardt

   In the past 15 years a host of critical thinking books have appeared that teach students to find flaws in the arguments of others by learning to detect a number of informal fallacies. This book is not in that tradition. The authors of this book believe that while students learn to become vicious...

   Published February 28th 1994 by Psychology Press
3. How To Do Things With Logic Workbook

   Workbook with Exercises

   By C. Grant Luckhardt, William Bechtel, Grant Luckhardt

   In the past 15 years a host of critical thinking books have appeared that teach students to find flaws in the arguments of others by learning to detect a number of informal fallacies. This book is not in that tradition. The authors of this book believe that while students learn to become vicious...

   Published February 28th 1994 by Psychology Press
4. Philosophy of Mind

   An Overview for Cognitive Science

   By William Bechtel

   Series: Tutorial Essays in Cognitive Science Series

   Specifically designed to make the philosophy of mind intelligible to those not trained in philosophy, this book provides a concise overview for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences. Emphasizing the relevance of philosophical work to investigations in other cognitive sciences, this...

   Published April 30th 1988 by Psychology Press
5. Philosophy of Science

   An Overview for Cognitive Science

   By William Bechtel

   Series: Tutorial Essays in Cognitive Science Series

   This text focuses on two major issues: the nature of scientific inquiry and the relations between scientific disciplines. Designed to introduce the basic issues and concepts in the philosophy of science, Bechtel writes for an audience with little or no philosophical background. The first part of...

   Published March 31st 1988 by Psychology Press