Dictionary of cognitive science : neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy

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Dictionary of cognitive science : neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy

Olivier Houdé, editor, with Daniel Kayser ... [et al.] ; Vivian Waltz, translator ; Christian Cavé, scientific advisor

Psychology Press, 2004

Other Title

Vocabulaire de sciences cognitives : neuroscience, psychologie, intelligence artificielle, linguistique et philosophie

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A translation of the renowned French reference book, Vocabulaire de sciences cognitives , the Dictionary of Cognitive Science presents comprehensive definitions in more than 120 subjects. Topics range from 'Abduction' to 'Writing', and each entry is covered from as many perspectives as possible within the domains of psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics. The editor and his advisory board, each a specialist in one of these areas, have brought together 60 internationally recognized scholars to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the most current and dynamic thinking in the cognitive sciences.

Table of Contents

Entries include: * Abduction * Autism * Belief * Cognitive Development * Constraint * Desire * Distributed Intelligence * Emotion * Expressiveness * Frame Problem * Functionalism * Grammar * Holism * Inheritance * Interpretation * Knowledge Acquisition * Language of Thought * Logicism/Psychologism * Mental Imagery * Model * Neural Network * Number * Oral * Pragmatics * Psychophysics * Qualia * Reading * Relevance * Robotics * Schizophrenia * Semiotics * Theory of Mind * Turing Machine * Validation * Writing * and many more.

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  • NCID
    BA64868081
  • ISBN
    • 1579582516
  • LCCN
    2003011554
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxv, 428 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
  • Classification
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