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9780230201194

The Literate Mind A Study of Its Scope and Limitations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230201194

  • ISBN10:

    0230201199

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-03-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Wells discusses how literacy affects human cognition from an ecological functionalism viewpoint by using the Turing machine, specifically the universal machine, as a model for the human mind. An excellent text for advanced undergraduate or graduate students of psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and education.

Author Biography

Andrew Wells is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the London School of Economics, UK He has a wide range of research interests, including cognitive science, evolutionary psychology and literacy, and is the author of Rethinking Cognitive Computation: Turing and the Science of the Mind.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Social Construction and Independent Reality
Universal Human Nature and the Study of Literacy
The Literate Ecology
The Evolution of Cooperation and Selfishness
Sexual Selection, Sex Differences and Social Evolution
Turing Machines: Formal Models of Literate Symbol Processing
The Machine Hierarchy and Types of Literate Capability
A Framework for a General Theory of Literacy
Grounding the Literacy Episteme
Limitations and Future Prospects

 

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