1st Edition
An Architecture of the Mind A Psychological Foundation for the Science of Everyday Life
List of Figures
Glossary of Mathematical Symbols
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Fundamental Question: What Is the Mind, How Does It Function?
2. Philosophical Considerations: The Nature of The Mind
3. The Psychology of Behaviour: Operating Within and Upon the Architecture of Mind
4. Reasons, Rules, Society and Motivation in The Psychological Process
5. Substitutability and Behavioural Change in Quasi-Fixed Environments
6. Properties of The Psyche and Their Influence on Behaviour: Explanations and Predictions
7. Conclusion
8. Appendix: Proofs of theorems
Index
Biography
Dr. Brendan Markey-Towler is a philosopher, psychological scientist and economist. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland in 2017, having researched there under Professors John Foster and Peter Earl and at University College London under Professor Michelle Baddeley. He lives in Brisbane, Queensland with his family.
Brendan Markey-Towley’s opera prima not only provides a fresh look on the crucial connection between cognitive psychology and the social sciences, but does it fearlessly and aware that the social sciences’ analytical methods can be valuable for the development of theoretical psychology. This is exemplary.
Enrico Petracca, University of Neuchâtel
