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ISBN: 9780262281805 | 904 pp. | November 1989

Topics

 AI/Computational Modelling
Algorithm
Connectionism
Machine Learning and Vision
Production Systems
Robotics
 Evolution/Culture
Cognitive Anthropology
Folk Psychology
Human Universals
 Linguistics/Language
Computational Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Dyslexia
Generative Grammar
Language
Language Acquisition
Linguistic Universal and Universal Grammar
Linguistics
Natural Language
Pragmatics
Reading
Semantics
Syntax
Word Meaning
 Neuroscience
Brain
Cerebellum
Cerebral Cortex
Cognitive Neuroscience
Dendrites
Neural Networks
Neuroendocrinology
Neuron
Visual Anatomy and Physiology
 Philosophy of Mind
Language of Thought
Logic
 Psychology I: Foundations of Cognition
Attention
Depth Perception
Emotion/Affect
Motor Control and Learning
Perception and Sensation
Reinforcement Learning
Spatial Perception
Vision
Visual Neglect
Visual Word Recognition
 Psychology II: High-Level Cognition
Beliefs
Categories/Categorization
Concepts/Concept Formation
Deductive Reasoning
Expertise
Heuristics
Inference
Intelligence
Knowledge Acquisition
Learning
Memory
Memory, Working
Mental Models
Mental Representation
Probabilistic Reasoning
Problem Solving

The Foundations of Cognitive Science

Edited by Michael I. Posner
Overview

What is cognitive science? Foundations of Cognitive Science answers this question in a way that gives a feeling for the excitement, ferment, and accomplishments of this new field. It is the first broad treatment of cognitive science at an advanced level.

Complete and authoritative, Foundations of Cognitive Science covers the major architectures; provides background in philosophy, linguistics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience; and deals with methods for studying both brain and mind. All of the chapters have been written especially for the book by the leading scholars in the field.

Table of Contents

  1. Contributors

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  2. Preface: Learning Cognitive Science

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  3. 1. Foundations of Cognitive Science

    Herbert A. Simon and Craig A. Kaplan

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  4. 2. Computing in Cognitive Science

    Zenon W. Pylyshyn

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  5. 3. Symbolic Architectures for Cognition

    Allen Newell, Paul S. Rosenbloom and John E. Laird

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  6. 4. The Architecture of Mind: A Connectionist Approach

    David E. Rumelhart

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  7. 5. Grammatical Theory

    Thomas Wasow

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  8. 6. Model-Theoretic Semantics

    John Barwise and John Etchemendy

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  9. 7. Experimental Methods in Cognitive Science

    Gordon H. Bower and John P. Clapper

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  10. 8. Brain and Cognition

    Terrence J. Sejnowski and Patricia Smith Churchland

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  11. 9. Language Acquisition

    Steven Pinker

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  12. 10. Reading

    Alexander Pollatsek and Keith Rayner

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  13. 11. Discourse

    Barbara J. Gorsz, Martha E. Pollack and Candace L. Sidner

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  14. 12. Mental Models

    P. N. Johnson Laird

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  15. 13. Concepts and Induction

    Edward E. Smith

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  16. 14. Problem Solving and Cognitive Skill Acquisition

    Kurt VanLehn

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  17. 15. The Computational Study of Vision

    Ellen C. Hildreth and Shimon Ullman

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  18. 16. Visual Attention

    Alan Allport

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  19. 17. Memory

    Daniel L. Schacter

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  20. 18. Action

    Michael I. Jordan and David A. Rosenbaum

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  21. 19. Geometrical and Mechanical Issues in Movement Planning and Control

    E. Bizzi and F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi

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  22. 20. Cultural Cognition

    Roy G. D'Andracle

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  23. 21. Some Philosophical Issues in Cognitive Science: Qualia, Intentionality, and the Mind-Body Problem

    Gilbert Harman

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  24. Author Index

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  25. Subject Index

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