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The mind's new science : a history of the cognitive revolution / Howard Gardner ; with a new epilogue by the author : Cognitive science after 1984.
LIBRA Rare BF311 .G339 1987 Adams copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, Howard, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cognition--History.
- Cognition.
- Cognition--Research--Methodology--History.
- Artificial intelligence--History.
- Artificial intelligence.
- History.
- Cognition--Research--Methodology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cognition.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Cognitive science after 1984
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, ©1987.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Part I: The cognitive revolution.
- 1. Introduction: what the Meno wrought
- 2. Laying the foundation for cognitive science
- 3. Cognitive science: the first decades.
- Part II: The cognitive sciences: a historical perspective.
- 4. Reason, experience, and the status of philosophy
- 5. Psychology: the wedding of methods to substance
- 6. Artificial intelligence: the expert tool
- 7. Linguistics: the search for autonomy
- 8. Anthropology: beyond the individual case
- 9. Neuroscience: the flirtation with reductionism.
- Part III: Toward an integrated cognitive science: present efforts, future prospects.
- 10. Perceiving the world
- 11. Mental imagery: a figment of the imagination?
- 12. A world categorized
- 13. How rational a being?
- Conclusion: the computational paradox and the cognitive challenge.
- Notes:
- "Epilogue to Paperback Edition Copyright ©1987 by Howard Gardner"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- ISBN:
- 0465046355
- 9780465046355
- OCLC:
- 16529666
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