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How can the human mind occur in the physical universe? / John R. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, John R. (John Robert), 1947- author.
- Series:
- Oxford series on cognitive models and architectures.
- Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newell, Allen.
- Cognition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The argument John Anderson illustrates in this book was inspired by the last lecture given by one of the pioneers of cognitive science, Alan Newell. Newell describes what, for him, is the pivotal question of scientific inquiry, and Anderson gives an answer that emerges from the study of brain and behaviour.
- Contents:
- Cognitive architecture
- The modular organization of the mind
- Human associative memory
- The adaptive control of thought
- What does it take to be human? : lessons from high-school algebra
- How can the human mind occur?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-974126-3
- 1-281-16536-0
- 9786611165369
- 0-19-804353-8
- 1-4356-2032-1
- OCLC:
- 922953341
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