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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784787003321

Autore

Harre Rom

Titolo

Cognitive science [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical introduction / / Rom Harre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2002

ISBN

1-4462-1633-0

1-4462-4179-3

1-281-24003-6

9786611240035

1-84787-128-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 314 p.) : ill

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Cognitive science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; How to use this book in the classroom; Part I - The nature and methods of science; 1 A science for psychology; 2 The natural sciences; 3 Understanding scientific method; Part II - The search for a science ofhuman behavior; 4 Psychology as the science of mental substances; 5 Psychology as a science of material substances; 6 The beginnings of cognitive science; Part III - Towards a scientific psychology; 7 Grammar and cognition; 8 Cognitive science: the analytical phase; 9 Connectionism and the brain

Part IV - Cognitive science in action10 The memory machine; 11 The psychology of classifying; 12 Cognitive disorders; Epilog; References; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Ranging across artificial intelligence models and cognitive psychology through to recent discursive and cultural theories Rom Harre offers an original yet accessible integration of the field.