Computation and Cognition Toward a Foundation for Cognitive Science

by Pylyshyn, Zenon W.

• ISBN13: 9780262660587
• ISBN10: 026266058X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-02-07
• Publisher: Bradford Books
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Summary

This systematic investigation of computation and mental phenomena by a noted psychologist and computer scientist argues that cognition is a form of computation, that the semantic contents of mental states are encoded in the same general way as computer representations are encoded. It is a rich and sustained investigation of the assumptions underlying the directions cognitive science research is taking. Zenon W. Pylyshyn is Professor of Psychology and Computer Science and Director of the Centre for Cognitive Science at the University of Western Ontario. A Bradford Book

Author Biography

Zenon W. Pylyshyn is Board of Governors Professor of Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He is the author of Things and Places: How the Mind Connects with the World (MIT Press) and other books.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Explanatory Vocabulary of Cognition

The Explanatory Role of Representations

The Relevance of Computation

The Psychological Reality of Programs: Strong Equivalence

Constraining Functional Architecture

The Bridge from Physical to Symbolic: Transduction

Functional Architecture and Analogue Processes

Mental Imagery and Functional Architecture

Epilogue: What is Cognitive Science the Science of?

References

Index

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