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Cognitive science : an introduction to the study of mind / Jay Friedenberg, Gordon Silverman.
LIBRA BF311 .F743 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedenberg, Jay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cognitive science--Textbooks.
- Cognitive science.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2006.
- Summary:
- "Throughout history, different fields of inquiry have attempted to understand the great mystery of mind and answer questions like: What is mind? How does it operate? What is consciousness? Only recently have these efforts in traditional and cutting edge disciplines become more united in their focus. Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind draws this work together, introducing the novice reader to what great thinkers think about thought. Unlike most texts, the authors use a theoretical, rather than empirical, approach to examine the most important theories of mind from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Experiments are primarily discussed to illustrate the specific characteristics of a model."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction : exploring inner space
- 2. The philosophical approach : enduring questions
- 3. The psychological approach : a profusion of theories
- 4. The cognitive approach I : history, vision, and attention
- 5. The cognitive approach II : memory, imagery, and problem solving
- 6. The neuroscience approach : mind as brain
- 7. Outline : the network approach : mind as a web
- 8. The evolutionary approach : change over time
- 9. The linguistic approach : language and cognitive science
- 10. Artificial intelligence I : definitional perspective
- 11. Artificial intelligence II : operational perspective
- 12. Robotics : the ultimate intelligenct agents
- 13. Conclusion : where we go from here.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-503) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1412925681
- 9781412925686
- OCLC:
- 58986069
- Online:
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- Publisher description
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