Understanding Cognitive Science

Name: Understanding Cognitive Science
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ISBN: 9780631208952

ISBN-10: 063120895X

ISBN-13: 9780631208952

Edition: 1998

Authors: Michael R. W. Dawson

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This concise introduction to cognitive science provides undergraduate and graduate students with the theoretical foundations of classical and connectionist cognitive science to explain the and teach the underlying unity of the field. Understanding Cognitive Science approaches cognitive science through the tri-level hypothesis which assumes that the diverse fields of cognitive science should not be studied together, but also in constant communication with each other, rather than as a collection of otherwise only cognitively friendly disciplines. Assuming the foundational thought that cognition is information processing, the author describes different levels of analysis through the discussion…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/2/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.70" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables



The Coffee Room and Cognitive Science



The Classical View of Information Processing



The Connectionist View of Information Processing



The Computational Level of Analysis



The Algorithmic Level



The Functional Architecture



The Implementation Level



A Case Study in Cognitive Science



The Tri-Level Hypothesis and Cognitive Science


References


Name Index


Subject Index