This title presents a philosophical refashioning of the language of thought approach to the nature of the mind, and the related computational theory of mind.
'Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science' introduces central issues in this field by means of debates on key questions. The book addresses such topics as the degree of modularity of the mind, the amount of innate knowledge, whether human cognition is bounded, the role of perce…
How to Build a Theory in Cognitive Science specifies the characteristics of fruitful interdisciplinary theories in cognitive science and shows how they differ from the successful theories in the individual disciplines composing the cognitive sciences. It articulates a method for…
How to Build a Theory in Cognitive Science specifies the characteristics of fruitful interdisciplinary theories in cognitive science and shows how they differ from the successful theories in the individual disciplines composing the cognitive sciences. It articulates a method for…
Are cyborgs our friends or our enemies?. Was it morally right for Skynet to nuke us?. Is John Connor free to choose to defend humanity, or not?. Is Judgment Day inevitable?. The Terminator series is one of the most popular sci-fi franchises ever created, captivating millions wit…
From the Publisher: Are cyborgs our friends or our enemies? Was it morally right for Skynet to nuke us? Is John Connor free to choose to defend humanity, or not? Is Judgment Day inevitable? The Terminator series is one of the most popular sci-fi franchises ever created, captivat…
"In recent years, few areas of research have advanced as rapidly as cognitive science, the study of the human mind and brain. A fundamentally interdisciplinary field, cognitive science has both inspired and been advanced by work in the arts and humanities. In Conversations on Co…