{"product_id":"attention-is-cognitive-unison-an-essay-in-philosophical-psychology-9780195384529","title":"Attention Is Cognitive Unison: An Essay in Philosophical Psychology","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Mole\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mind \u0026amp; Body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome psychological phenomena can be explained by identifying and describing the processes that constitute them. Others cannot be explained in that way. In \u003cem\u003eAttention is Cognitive Unison\u003c\/em\u003e Christopher Mole gives a precise account of the metaphysical difference that divides these two categories and shows that, when current psychologists attempt to explain attention, they assign it to the wrong one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving rejected the metaphysical approach taken by our existing theories of attention Mole then develops a new theory. According to this theory the question of whether someone is paying attention is not settled by the facts about which\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eprocesses are taking place. It is settled by the facts about whether the processes that serve that person's task-- whichever processes those happen to be--are processes that operate in unison. This theory gives us a new account of the problems that have dogged debates about the psychology of attention since the middle of the twentieth century. It also gives us a new way to understand the explanatory importance of cognitive psychology's empirical findings. The book as whole shows that metaphysical questions have a foundational role to play in the explanatory project of cognitive psychology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume is of interest to anyone engaged in current debates in the philosophy of mind and perception, and in cognitive science generally.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890792743063,"sku":"9780195384529","price":8306.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195384529.webp?v=1781181357","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/attention-is-cognitive-unison-an-essay-in-philosophical-psychology-9780195384529","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}