The Mind's New Science: A History Of The Cognitive RevolutionThe first full-scale introduction to and history of cognitive science. An interdisciplinary study of the nature of knowledge by the noted cognitive scientist and author of Frames of Mind. |
Contents
What the Meno Wrought | 3 |
Laying the Foundation for Cognitive Science | 10 |
The First Decades | 28 |
Reason Experience and the Status of Philosophy | 49 |
The Wedding of Methods | 89 |
10 | 118 |
The Expert Tool | 138 |
Understanding of Language | 167 |
Introduction | 291 |
A Figment of the Imagination? | 323 |
A World Categorized | 340 |
How Rational a Being? | 360 |
The Computational Paradox and | 381 |
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The Mind's New Science: A History Of The Cognitive Revolution Howard E Gardner No preview available - 2008 |
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