Minds, Brains, Computers serves as both an historical and interdisciplinary introduction to the foundations of cognitive science.
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"This is a breathtaking book, providing a thoroughly engaging, richly detailed historical introduction to the fundamental ideas of cognitive science. This will be absolutely essential reading not only for students (who will benefit from the numerous exercises), but also for professionals in any one area of cognitive science who may want to know the lay of the land in other areas and who can't but benefit from the historical perspective," Georges Rey, University of Maryland
"There are two problems that perennially plague courses in cognitive science: students from one discipline lack an adequate background in the other disciplines crucial to the subject, and, even within their own discipline, students often don't possess the historical perspective necessary to understand how contemporary problems arose and why they are important. Harnish's rich and well-informed book is designed to solve both of these problems and it succeeds admirably." Stephen Stich, Rutgers University.
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Minds, Brains, Computers serves as both an historical and interdisciplinary introduction to the foundations of cognitive science.
Tracing the history of central concepts from the nineteenth century to the present, this study surveys the significant contributions of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. The volume also investigates the theory of mind from two contrasting approaches: the digital computer vs. neural network models.
Authoritative and comprehensive, this is the ideal text for introductory courses in cognitive science as well as an excellent supplementary text for courses in philosophy of mind.
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Associationism is the view that the mind is organized, at least in part, by principles of association. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
detector semantics, folk psychological attitudes, net activation level, conscious rule application, universal realizability, propositional modularity, unorganized machines, intuitive processor, contemporary connectionism, formality constraint, subsymbolic paradigm, computational relations, computational story, machine functionalism, type physicalism, classical associationism, associationist principles, connectionist machines, aspectual shapes, token physicalism, activation passing, intuitive processing, conceptual role semantics, luminous room, wide content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Associationism is the view that the mind is organized, at least in part, by principles of association. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
detector semantics, folk psychological attitudes, net activation level, conscious rule application, universal realizability, propositional modularity, unorganized machines, intuitive processor, contemporary connectionism, formality constraint, subsymbolic paradigm, computational relations, computational story, machine functionalism, type physicalism, classical associationism, associationist principles, connectionist machines, aspectual shapes, token physicalism, activation passing, intuitive processing, conceptual role semantics, luminous room, wide content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Briefer Course, William James, Bob Dylan, Eiffel Tower, Searle's Chinese, Alan Turing, Mona Lisa, Oxford University Press, Robert Zimmerman, Academic Press, David Hume, The Mark, Units Microfeatures New!
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- An Invitation to Cognitive Science (Set of 4) (Vol.4) by Daniel N. Osherson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies by Edward L. Thorndike on page 40, and Back Matter
- Reflexes of the Brain by Ivan Sechenov on page 38, and Back Matter
- Connectionism: Theory and Practice (Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science) by Steven Davis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (3rd Edition) by Winston in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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