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What is cognitive science?
- Title
- What is cognitive science? / Barbara Von Eckardt.
- Author
- Von Eckardt, Barbara.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | BF311 .V624 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 466 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Attempts to prove that the field of cognitive science can exist as a coherent intellectual enterprise and lays the foundations for understanding what it means to be a cognitive scientist. The author characterizes the basic assumptions that define the cognitive science approach.
- Series Statement
- A Bradford book
- Subject
- Note
- "A Bradford book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-457) and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Some Preliminaries -- 2. The Domain and the Basic Questions -- 3. The Computational Assumption -- 4. Representation in General -- 5. Mental Representation -- 6. Current Approaches to Content Determination -- 7. Constraints on a Theory of Content Determination -- 8. Significance -- 9. The Methodological Assumptions -- Appendix: Characterizing an Immature Science -- Notes -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Technical Terms -- References -- Sumpplementary Readings -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0262220466
- 9780262220460
- LCCN
- 92010167
- OCLC
- ocm25711827
- 25711827
- SCSB-1970760
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library