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(2001) The dawn of cognitive science, Dordrecht, Springer.

Consciousness and actuality in Whiteheadian ontology

David Woodruff Smith

pp. 269-297

If cognitive science is the science of cognition, what is cognition? Whitehead's answer is drawn directly from his fundamental ontology: cognition is a special form of what he calls "prehension,' taking more particular forms in conscious perception, thought, imagination and other psychological processes.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-9656-5_15

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Smith, D.W. (2001)., Consciousness and actuality in Whiteheadian ontology, in L. Albertazzi (ed.), The dawn of cognitive science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 269-297.

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