Normativity is the mother of intention: Wittgenstein, normative practices and neurological representations

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-147

  Cash, Mason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Intention; Neuroscience; Normativity; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849123741     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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