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Human Intellect and Cognitive Science: Toward a General Unified Theory of Intelligence » Read Now
by Morton Wagman. 178 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The advancement of knowledge concerning the complexities of human intellective processes can best be achieved by combining theory and research from the disciplines of cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence. Wagman explores various aspects of these disciplines to further his ideas. He...
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The advancement of knowledge concerning the complexities of human intellective processes can best be achieved by combining theory and research from the disciplines of cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence. Wagman explores various aspects of these disciplines to further his ideas. He examines the nature of the human intellect and proposes a theory of representation and intelligence that is applicable to human, computer, and animal cognition. He also evaluates theory and research concerned with structure and process in human reasoning and human problem solving. Several scientific discovery systems including BACON, FARENHEIT, and IDS are described in depth. The ability of these systems to emulate solutions to 10 types of scientific problems is examined. The capacity theory of language comprehension is also presented and extended to the domain of cognitive processes.
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Foundations of Cognitive Science: The Essential Readings » Read Now
by Jay L. Garfield. 433 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...some of these -- the rise of cognitive science, for example, or feminist philosophy...Pomona College FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE: THE ESSENTIAL READINGS...
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Mind Readings: Introductory Selections on Cognitive Science » Read Now
by Paul Thagard. 348 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Mind Readings is a collection of accessible readings on some of the most important topics in cognitive science. Although anyone interested in the interdisciplinary study of mind will find the selections well worth reading, they work particularly well with Paul Thagard's textbook Mind: An...
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Mind Readings is a collection of accessible readings on some of the most important topics in cognitive science. Although anyone interested in the interdisciplinary study of mind will find the selections well worth reading, they work particularly well with Paul Thagard's textbook Mind: An Introduction Cognitive Science, and provide further discussion on the major topics discussed in that book. The first eight chapters present approaches to cognitive science from the perspective that thinking consists of computational procedures on mental representations. The remaining five chapters discuss challenges to the computational-representational understanding of mind. Contributors: John R. Anderson, Ruth M. J. Byrne, E. H. Durfee, Chris Eliasmith, Owen Flanagan, Dedre Gentner, Janice Glasgow, Philip N. Johnson-Laird, Alan Mackworth, Arthur B. Markman, Douglas L. Medin, Keith Oatley, Dimitri Papadias, Steven Pinker, David E. Rumelhart, Herbert A. Simon.
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Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong » Read Now
by Jerry A. Fodor. 180 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

Oxford Cognitive Science Series General Editors: Martin Davies, Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK, James Higginbotham, Professor of General Linguistics, University of Oxford, UK, John O'Keefe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College, London, UK, Christopher...
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Oxford Cognitive Science Series General Editors: Martin Davies, Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK, James Higginbotham, Professor of General Linguistics, University of Oxford, UK, John O'Keefe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College, London, UK, Christopher Peacocke, Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK, and Kim Plunkett, University Lecturer in Psychology, University of Oxford, UK The Oxford Cognitive Science series is a forum for the best contemporary work in this flourishing field, where various disciplines--cognitive psychology, philosophy, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and computational theory--join forces in the investigation of thought, awareness, understanding, and associated workings of the mind. Each book will represent an original contribution to its subject, but will be accessible beyond the ranks of specialists, so as to reach a broad interdisciplinary readership. The series will be carefully shaped and steered by the general editors, with the aim of representing the most important developments in the field and bringing together its constituent disciplines. About this book The renowned philosopher Jerry Fodor, who has been a leading figure in the study of the mind for more than twenty years, presents a strikingly original theory of the basic constituents of thought. He suggests that the heart of a cognitive science is its theory of concepts, and that cognitive scientists have gone badly wrong in many areas because their assumptions about concepts have been seriously mistaken. Fodor argues compellingly for an atomistic theory of concepts, deals out witty and pugnacious demolitions of the rival theories that have prevailed in recent years, and suggests that future work on human cognition should build upon new foundations. This lively, conversational, and surprisingly accessible book is the first volume in the Oxford Cognitive Science Series, where the best original work in this field will be presented to a broad readership. Concepts will fascinate anyone interested in contemporary work on mind and language. Cognitive science will never be the same again.
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Philosophical Applications of Cognitive Science » Read Now
by Alvin I. Goldman. 186 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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Philosophy of Mind: An Overview for Cognitive Science » Read Now
by William Bechtel. 162 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

...PHILOSOPHY OF MIND An Overview for Cognitive Science Tutorial Essays in Cognitive Science Advisory Editors Donald A. Norman...Philosophy of Science: An Overview for...
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The Mind's New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution » Read Now
by Howard Gardner. 430 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The first full-scale introduction to and history of cognitive science. An interdisciplinary study of the nature of knowledge by the noted cognitive scientist and author of Frames of Mind.
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Method and Tactics in Cognitive Science » Read Now
by Walter Kintsch, James R. Miller, Peter G. Polson. 324 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Language, Mind, and Brain (Chap. 15 "The Cognitive Sciences: A Semiotic Paradigm") » Read Now
by Robert J. Scholes, Thomas W. Simon. 272 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

Examines facets of language, including logic & language, artificial language intelligence, animal communication, representation, intensions, & metaphor.
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Cognitive Science and the Symbolic Operations of Human and Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Research into the Intellective Processes » Read Now
by Morton Wagman. 178 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This scholarly book presents and critically evaluates the outstanding contributions of both cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence to our understanding of the nature of intelligence and intelligent systems. Examining conceptual thought across the domains of reasoning and logic, language...
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This scholarly book presents and critically evaluates the outstanding contributions of both cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence to our understanding of the nature of intelligence and intelligent systems. Examining conceptual thought across the domains of reasoning and logic, language and analogy, and scientific discovery, Wagman compares human reasoning with computer reasoning. Of special interest to readers is the general critique of artificial intelligence research directed toward the ultimate objective of mapping and surpassing all of human knowledge.
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Cognitive Science and Its Applications for Human-Computer Interaction » Read Now
by Raymonde Guindon. 348 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Without Good Reason: The Rationality Debate in Philosophy and Cognitive Science » Read Now
by Edward Stein. 296 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

In this book, Edward Stein offers a clear critical account of the debate about rationality in philosophy and cognitive science. He discusses concepts of rationality--the pictures of rationality on which the debate centers--and assesses the empirical evidence used to argue that humans are irrational...
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In this book, Edward Stein offers a clear critical account of the debate about rationality in philosophy and cognitive science. He discusses concepts of rationality--the pictures of rationality on which the debate centers--and assesses the empirical evidence used to argue that humans are irrational. He concludes that the question of human rationality must be answered not conceptually but empirically, using the full resources of an advanced cognitive science. Furthermore, he extends this conclusion to argue that empirical considerations are also relevant to the theory of knowledge--in other words, that epistemology should be naturalized.
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Cognitive Science and Psychoanalysis » Read Now
by Kenneth Mark Colby, Robert J. Stoller. 170 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Cognitive Science Foundations of Instruction » Read Now
by Mitchell Rabinowitz. 239 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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Basic versus Applied Research in Cognitive Science: A View from Industry, in Ecological Psychology » Read Now
by Edward L. Cochran. 6 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library