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Explanation and environment: the case of psychology

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Author

Editor

  • Johannes Persson
  • Petri Ylikoski

Summary, in English

The environment in which our cognitive processes operate is crucial for understanding their current form, their reliability, and their function. In the following pages I will look at the role the environment plays in psychological explanations of cognitive behaviour, also when the explanations are not of an evolutionary character. In particular, I will focus on how environmental considerations (broadly) help us explain the form or the function of a psychological process.

Department/s

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

163-176

Publication/Series

Rethinking Explanation

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
  • Philosophy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-4020-5580-5