after cognitivism

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1、AfterCognitivismKarlLeidlmairEditorAfterCognitivismAReassessmentofCognitiveScienceandPhilosophy123EditorDr.KarlLeidlmairHeadofDepartmentDepartmentofPsychologyUniversityofInnsbruckInnrain526020InnsbruckAustriaKarl.Leidlmair@uibk.ac.atISBN978-1-4020-9991-5e-ISBN978-1-4020-9992-2DOI10.1007/97

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4、.ShewasawonderfulpersonPrefaceThereisabasicperplexityinourtimes.Ontheonehand,wefindablindtrustintechnologyandrationalism.Inourneo-liberalisticallydominatedworldonlywhatcanberapidlyexploitedandcommercializedseemstocount.Theonlyopposingreactiontothiskindofrationalismisanextremerejectionofallk

5、indsofreasoning,andsometimesattendantreligiousfundamentalism.Butinsteadofreflectingonthelimitsandpossibilitesofreasoning,dialogueisreplacedbyademagogicstrugglebetweencultures.Onecauseoftheblindtrustintechnologyismisunderstandingsaboutthesignifi-canceandtheapplicationoftheoriesinthereceptiono

6、ftheso-calledEnlightenment.TheEnlightenmentisessentiallycharacterizedbytwoforces:(i)theconceptionofsocietyasasocialcontractand(ii)thenewscience(Newto-nianphysics,etc.).Butasaresultwelostground:Atomisticindividualismnourishedtheillusionofaself-containedegopriortoman’senteringintoasharedinte

7、r-subjectiveworld.Andinthenewscience,ourconstructionsofrealitybecameautonomousandindepen-dentofourinterventions.Thuswebecamecaughtintheinherentdynamismofourcomputationalconstructionsofreality.Science,asitisappliedtoday,operateswithfartoosimpleparametersandmode