Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind

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Introduction A Brave New World What is Cognitive Science Representation Computation The Interdisciplinary Perspective In Depth: Categories of Mental Representation Minds On Exercise: Analogical Reasoning The Philosophical Approach: Enduring Questions The Mind-Body Problem Functionalism The Free Will and Determinism Debate The Knowledge Acquisition Problem The Mystery of Consciousness Overall Evaluation of the Philosophical Approach In Depth: Dennett's Multiple Drafts Theory of Consciousness Minds On Exercise: Decision Making The Psychological Approach: A Profusion of Theories Psychology and the Scientific Method Mental Atoms, Mental Molecules and a Periodic Table of the Mind: The Voluntarist Movement Structuralism: What the Mind Is Functionalism: What the Mind Does The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Mental Physics and the Gestalt Movement Mini-minds: Mechanism and Psychoanalytic Psychology Mind as a Black Box: the Behaviorist Approach Overall Evaluation of the Psychological Approach In Depth: Insight Learning Minds On Exercise: Introspection The Cognitive Approach I Some History First: The Rise of Cognitive Psychology The Cognitive Approach: Mind as an Information Processor Modularity of Mind Theories of Vision and Pattern Recognition Theories of Attention Evaluating the Model-Building Approach In Depth: Biederman's Recognition-by-Components Theory of Pattern Minds On Exercise: Silhouettes and Object Constancy The Cognitive Approach II Types of Memory Memory Models Visual Imagery Problem Solving Overall Evaluation of the Cognitive Approach In Depth: Search in Working Memory Minds On Exercise: Memory Effects The Neuroscience Approach: Mind as Brain Methodology in Neuroscience The Small Picture: Neuron Anatomy and Physiology The Big Picture: Brain Anatomy The Neuroscience of Visual Object Recognition The Neuroscience of Attention The Neuroscience of Memory The Neuroscience of Executive Function and Problem Solving Overall Evaluation of the Neuroscience Approach In Depth: Binding and Neural Synchrony Minds On Exercise: Neural Functions The Network Approach The Network Approach: Mind as a Web Principles Underlying Artificial Neural Networks Characteristics of Artificial Neural Networks Early Conceptions of Neural Networks Back Propagation and Convergent Dynamics Artificial Neural Network Typologies Evaluating the Connectionist Approach Semantic Networks: Meaning in the Web Overall Evaluation of the Network Approach In Depth: NETtalk Minds On Exercise: Free Association The Evolutionary Approach: Change over Time Evolutionary Psychology A Little Background: Selection and Genetics Evolved Psychological Mechanisms Evolution and Cognitive Processes Evolutionary Computing Artificial Life Neural Darwinism Evaluating the Evolutionary Approach Overall Evaluation of the Evolutionary Approach In Depth: A Stage Theory of Evolution Minds On Exercise: Memory for Object Location The Linguistic Approach The Linguistic Approach: The Importance of Language The Nature of Language Primate Language Use Language Acquisition Language Deprivation Philosophy and Linguistics: The Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis Cognition and Linguistics: The Role of Grammar Neuroscience and Linguistics: The Wernicke-Geschwind Model Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics: Natural Language Processing Overall Evaluation of the Linguistic Approach In Depth: The Logogen Model of Word Recognition Minds On Exercise: Conversational Pragmatics Artificial Intelligence I: Definitional Perspective Introduction Historical and Philosophical Roots Defining Artificial Intelligence (AI) Learning AI Methodologies The Computer as the Tool of AI Research Programming Alan Turing and The Great Debate Overall Evaluation of the AI Concept. Summarizing the Meaning of AI In Depth: Behaviorism and Ned Block Minds On Exercise: Play the IG game Artificial Intelligence II: Operational Perspective Introduction The Practical World of AI Approaches to the Design of Intelligent Agents Machine Intelligence, Knowledge and Machine Reasoning Overall Evaluation of the Operational Perspective In Depth: The ID3 Algorithm Minds On Exercise: Decision Making Robotics: The Ultimate Intelligent Agents Introduction Some Robotic Achievements Evaluating Robotic Potentials Biological Foundations of Robotic Paradigms Foundations of Robotic Paradigms Robotic Paradigms Overall Evaluation of Robots as Ultimate Intelligent Agents In Depth: Autonomous Robot Architecture (AuRA) Minds On Exercise: Relational Graphs Conclusion The Benefits of Cognitive Science Working Memory: An Example of an Integrated Program of Study Issues in Cognitive Science Enhancing Cognitive Science The Future In Depth: Multiagent Systems Minds On Exercise: Evaluating Theories of Mind

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