Constraining Cognitive Theories: Issues and Options

by Zenon W. Pylyshyn

Overview

This book presents a collection of essays on foundational and methodological issues in cognitive science. Topics range from the philosophical problems surrounding intentionality and holism to specific scientific issues concerned with the architecture of systems for problem solving, planning, language processing, vision and visual-motor coordination. The larger theme is cognitive architecture and the twelve chapters show the generality of the problems associated with this theme as it impinges on almost every area of cognitive science and most methodological approaches adopted to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567502992
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/08/1998
Series:	Theoretical Issues in Cognitive Science
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Cognitive Architecture and the Hope for a Science of Cognition, Zenon W. Pylyshyn
On Some Parallels Between Perception Theories and Semantic Theories, Jerry A. Fodor
Keeping Meaning in Mind, Georges Rey
Perceptual Constancy and the Mind's Eye Looking Through a Telescope, Bela Julesz and Itzhak Hadani
Analogical Representations, Bart Selman
Possibilities and Real Possibilities for a Theory of Reasoning, Luca Bonatti
On the Methods of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Clark Glymour
Architectural Influences on Language Comprehension, Jill Fain Lehman, Richard L. Lewis, and Alan Newell
Interactive Coordination Processes: How the Brain Accomplishes What We Take for Granted in Computer Languages-And Then Does It Better, William J. Clancey
Cognitive Architecture: What Choice Do We Have?, Tim van Gelder
The Cognitive Architecture of Vision and Action, M.A. Goodale and Michael A. Arbib
Speculations on Structure and Communication in Planning, Stacy C. Marsella
Author Index
Subject Index