Format:
xiii, 264 Seiten ;
,
23 cm.
ISBN:
9780230201194
,
0230201199
,
9781137025500
,
1137025506
Content:
"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."--Publisher's website
Note:
Literacy in the world today -- 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: syntactic foundations for the study of literacy -- The scope of the literate mind -- Literacy in the age of computers and the internet -- Grounding the literacy episteme -- The limitations of the literate mind -- The consequences of literacy
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
