Stillings: Cognitive Science: An Introduction - Hardcover

Stillings

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262192578 ISBN 13: 9780262192576

Publisher: MIT Press, 1987

Synopsis

This is a single-source undergraduate text that broadly surveys the theories and empirical results of cognitive science within a consistent computational perspective. In addition to covering the individual contributions of psychology, philosophy, linguistics and artificial intelligence to cognitive science, the book has been revised to introduce the connectionist approach as well as the classical symbolic approach and adds a new chapter on cognitively related advances in neuroscience. Cognitive science is a rapidly evolving field that is characterized by considerable contention among different views and approaches. This book covers many new orientations theories and findings, embedding them in an integrated computational perspective and establishing a sense of continuity and contrast with more traditional work in cognitive science. The text assumes no prerequisite knowledge, introducing all topics in a uniform, accessible style. Many topics, such as natural language processing and vision, however, are developed in considerable depth, which allows the book to be used with more advanced undergraduates or even in beginning graduate settings.

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Review

-- Arthur C. Graesser, "Contemporary Psychology" " This is the first introductory text in cognitive science that provides comprehensive coverage of the field. . .[it] provides a solid foundation for the beginning student." -- Arthur C. Graesser, "Contemporary Psychology" & quot; This is the first introductory text in cognitive science that provides comprehensive coverage of the field. . .[it] provides a solid foundation for the beginning student.& quot; -- Arthur C. Graesser, Contemporary Psychology "This is the first introductory text in cognitive science that provides comprehensive coverage of the field. . .[it] provides a solid foundation for the beginning student."--Arthur C. Graesser, "Contemporary Psychology"

About the Author

Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Logic Program and of the Five College Tibetan Studies in India Program at Smith College, Professor in the graduate faculty of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0262192578
• ISBN 13: 9780262192576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 650