Research Catalog

Title

Microcognition : philosophy, cognitive science, and parallel distributed processing / Andy Clark.

Author

Clark, Andy, 1957-

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1989.

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Details

Description

xiv, 226 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

A guide to parallel distributed processing, an emerging paradigm which is transforming the field of cognitive science. It explains and explores the biological basis of PDP, its psychological importance, and its philosophical relevance - particularly to the study of folk-psychology.

Series Statement

Explorations in cognitive science ; 6

Uniform Title

Explorations in cognitive science ; 6.

Subject

• Connectionism
• Human information processing
• Artificial intelligence
• Cognitive science
• Cognition
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cognition
• Mental Processes
• artificial intelligence
• cognition
• 77.31 cognition
• Artificial intelligence
• Cognitive science
• Connectionism
• Human information processing
• Connectionisme
• Cognitieve processen
• Kunstmatige intelligentie
• Inteligencia artificial
• Philosophie et neurosciences
• Sciences cognitives
• Connexionisme
• Traitement de l'information (psychologie)
• Intelligence artificielle

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [213]-220.

Contents

Introduction: what the brain's-eye view tells the mind's-eye view. Part 1 The mind's-eye view: classical cognitivism; situation and substance; folk psychology, thought, and context; biological constraints. Part 2 The brain's-eye view: parallel distributed processing; informational holism; the multiplicity of mind -- a limited defence of classical cognitivism; structured through; reassembling the jigsaw. Epilogue: The parable of the high-level architect. Appendix: Beyond eliminativism.

ISBN

• 0262031485
• 9780262031486
• 9780262530958
• 0262530953
• 0262530953 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

88037282

OCLC

• ocm18906848
• 18906848
• SCSB-1727445

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library