The computer and the mind : an introduction to cognitive science
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The computer and the mind : an introduction to cognitive science
Harvard University Press, c1988
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Cognitive science
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Bibliography: p. 397-430
Includes indexes
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ISBN 9780674156159
Description
A second edition of an introduction to cognitive science, first published in 1988, which outlines the results the discipline has achieved and describes its origins in psychology, linguistics, anthropology, artificial intelligence, neurophysiology and philosophy.
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: pbk ISBN 9780674156166
Table of Contents
Prologue Part I: Computation and the Mind 1. How should the mind be studied? 2. Symbols and mental processes 3. Computability and mental processes Part II: Vision 4. The visual image 5. Seeing the world in depth 6. Scenes, shapes and images Part III: Learning, Memory and Action 7. Learning and learnability 8. The components of memory 9. Plans and productions 10. Parallel distributed processing 11. Action and the control of movement Part IV: Cogitation 12. Deduction 13. Induction, concepts and probability 14. Creation Part V: Communication 15. The nature of communication 16. Speech and hearing 17. Grammar 18. Meaning Part VI: The Conscious and the Unconscious Mind 19. Self-reflection, free will and intentions 20. Needs and emotions Envoi Acknowledgements References Name Index Subject Index
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