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1、1PhilosophyofMindandCognitiveSciencesince1980ElizabethSchierandJohnSuttonMacquarieUniversitylizschier@gmail.comjohn.sutton@mq.edu.auJuly2011ForAHistoryofAustralasianPhilosophy,editedbyGrahamOppyandNickTrakakisIntroductionIfAustralasianphilosophersconstitutethekindofgrouptowhichacollectiveiden
2、tityorbroadlysharedself-imagecanplausiblybeascribed,thecelebratedhistoryofAustralianmaterialismrightlyliesclosetoitsheart.JackSmart’schapterinthisvolume,alongwithanoutstandingseriesofbrieferessaysinACompaniontoPhilosophyinAustraliaandNewZealand(Forrest2010;Gold2010;Koksvik2010;Lycan2010;Matth
3、ews2010;Nagasawa2010;Opie2010;Stoljar2010a),effectivelydescribethenaturalisticrealismofAustralianphilosophyofmind.Inoccasionalsemi-seriouspsycho-geographicspeculation,thislong-standingandstrongly-feltintellectualattitudehasbeentracedbacktotheinfluencesofourlight,land,orlifestyle(Devitt1996,x;
4、comparecommentsbyChalmersandO’BrieninMitchell,2006).Australasianworkinphilosophyofmindandcognitionhasbecomemorediverseinthelast40years,butisalmostallstillmarked,inonewayoranother,bythehistoryofthesedebatesonmaterialism.Inthischapter,takingupwhereSmart’snarrativeends,weaimatabroadsurveyofmorer
5、ecentAustralasianphilosophyofmindandcognition,focussingonworkdonesince1980.Insomeofthefieldsweaddress,theboundariesbetweenphilosophyandrelateddisciplinesblur,withscientistsparticipatingactivelyinphilosophicaldebates,andphilosophersinturnworkinginindependentresearchgroupsinautomatedreasoning,A
6、rtificialIntelligence,cognitivescience,orcognitiveneuropsychiatry.Howeverwemakenoattemptatintegratingintellectualhistorywithinstitutionalhistory,ashasbeendoneeffectivelyinparallelinternationalscholarshipontheseareasbyBechtel,Graham,andAbrahamsen(1998),andinMargaretBoden’sextraordinarytwo-volu
7、mehistoryMindasMachine(2006):thetrackingofearlierinterdisciplinaryinteractionsbetweenphilosophyandcognitivescienceinAustraliacouldproceedbackwardsfromthecollectionsofessayseditedbySlezakandAlbury(1988)andAlburyandSlezak(1989:seealsoSlezak2010
