What Is Cognitive Science? (Bradford Books) (Paperback)

by Barbara Von Eckardt (Author)

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"This important book accomplishes a remarkable feat. It lucidly articulates and critically examines the shared assumptions that define the field of cognitive science at a time when many have come to suspect that cognitive science is a field in name only. This is the book on the foundations of cognitive science."
--Owen Flanagan, Professor of Philosophy, Duke University

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In this richly detailed analysis, Barbara Von Eckardt lays the foundations for understanding what it means to be a cognitive scientist. She characterizes the basic assumptions that define the cognitive science approach and systematically sorts out a host of recent and the controversies surrounding them.

Von Eckardt takes issue with those who argue that there is no agreed-upon research paradigm and agreed-upon set of assumptions or methods in cognitive science, and with those who believe that the field should not be so committed. She argues that there is indeed a framework of shared commitments that includes basic questions guiding research, substantive assumptions constraining how those questions are to be answered, and methodological assumptions about how to find those answers.

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• Paperback: 477 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press (March 2, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 026272023X
• ISBN-13: 978-0262720236
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
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