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W. MASSARO, editor
University of California, Santa Cruz
Do You See What I See?
Principles
of Cognition, Language and Action: Essays on the Foundations of a Science
of Psychology
By Niri Praetorius. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer, 2000. 492 pp.
Cloth, $240; paper, $55.
The very detailed analysis presented in this book revisits fundamental propositions
that underpin the discipline of psychology, especially those that interrelate
cognition, language, and action. Rather than taking foundational propositions
for granted, the author looks closely and critically at the evidence that
links humans to one another and to reality through language. The book reasons
that we cannot understand human behavior and understanding without
accurate knowledge of the capabilities and limitations that result from the relationship
between language and reality. To address this relationship, the book
explores fundamental issues of mind and matter that are widely recognized
problematics in psychology and philosophy.
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