The philosophy of metacognition mental agency and self-awareness
Does metacognition - the capacity to self-evaluate one's cognitive performance - derive from a mindreading capacity, or does it rely on informational processes? Joèelle Proust draws on psychology and neuroscience to defend the second claim. She argues that metacognition need not involve metarep...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2014, 2014
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Does metacognition - the capacity to self-evaluate one's cognitive performance - derive from a mindreading capacity, or does it rely on informational processes? Joèelle Proust draws on psychology and neuroscience to defend the second claim. She argues that metacognition need not involve metarepresentations and is essentially related to mental agency |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780191758096 |