The essays in this book, published here as a collection for the first time, are unified by the thesis that freedom, rationality, social consensus, and knowledge depend on thoughts about thoughts, that is, on metamental operations. These provide for our optionality, plasticity, and most of all for the evaluation and control of lower-level information. The collection argues that the human mind is essentially a metamind.
Reviews`Lehrer takes a further step toward reviving Thomas Reid's thinking-and, in my view, definitely succeeds in this endeavor.' Systems Practice, Vol. 6
Book InformationISBN 9780198248507
Author Keith LehrerFormat Hardback
Page Count 322
Imprint Clarendon PressPublisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 537g
Dimensions(mm) 225mm * 147mm * 24mm