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" Agency : "
James Russell.
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BL
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Record Number
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848077
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Main Entry
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Russell, James,1948-
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Title & Author
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Agency : : its role in mental development /\ James Russell.
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Publication Statement
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Hove, East Sussex, UK :: Erlbaum (UK) Taylor & Francis,, ©1996.
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Page. NO
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x, 326 pages :: illustrations
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ISBN
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0863772285
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: 9780863772283
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and indexes.
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Contents
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pt. 1. Symbols, models, and connections -- pt. 2. Knowledge of objects -- pt. 3. Action and our knowledge of minds -- Coda: Looking back and going forward.
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Abstract
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The idea behind this book is that developing a conception of the physical world and a conception of mind is impossible without the exercise of agency, meaning "the power to alter at will one's perceptual inputs." The thesis is derived from a philosophical account of the role of agency in knowledge - the first time this has been attempted in the context of developmental psychology.
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The book is divided into three parts. In Part One, Russell argues that purely "representational" theories of mind and of mental development have been overvalued, thereby clearing the ground for the book's central thesis. In Part Two, he proposes that, because objective experience depends upon the experience of agency, the development of the "object concept" in human infants is grounded in the development of executive-attentional capacities. In Part Three, an analysis of the links between agency and self-awareness generates an original theory of the nature of certain stage-like transitions in mental functioning and of the relationship between executive and mentalising deficits in autism. The book will be of particular interest to students and researchers in cognitive-developmental psychology, to philosophers of mind, and to anybody with an interest in cognitive science.
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Subject
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Piaget, Jean,1896-1980.
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Piaget, Jean,(1896-1980)
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Subject
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Subject
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Cognition in children.
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Developmental psychology.
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Cognition chez l'enfant.
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Enfants-- Développement.
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Intelligence.
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Action, Théorie de l'.
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Cognition chez l'enfant.
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Cognition in children.
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Cognition.
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Denken
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Developmental psychology.
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Entwicklungspsychologie
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Handlung
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Kognitive Entwicklung
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Philosophie de l'esprit.
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Psychologie cognitive.
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Psychologie du développement.
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Psychologie
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Sciences cognitives.
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Selektive Wahrnehmung
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Subject
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Wahrnehmungsurteil
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Subject
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Willensakt
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Subject
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Cognition.
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Cognitieve ontwikkeling.
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Subject
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Handelen.
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Child.
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Subject
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Human Development.
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Subject
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Infant.
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Subject
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Psychology.
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Subject
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Transference, Psychology.
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Dewey Classification
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155.4/13
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LC Classification
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BF723.C5R87 1996
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NLM classification
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1997 H-144
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WS 105.5.C7R964a 1996
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77.53bcl
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CQ 2000rvk
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