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The Computer and the Mind : An Introduction to Cognitive Science
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Cognitive science is not nearly as satisfying as a popular work on physics or mathematics, since cognitive science falls far short of those other sciences in its ability to describe, explain, and predict interesting phenomena.Abstract:
Cognitive science brings together psychology, computing, linguistics, anthropology, artificial intelligence, neurophysiology and philosophy. This book addresses the central questions of cognitive science: how does the mind work, and what is it that enables us to have thoughts, or feelings? The book shows that the mind depends on a brain in th same way that the execution of a programme depends on a computer. It describes its origins, and outlines what it has achieved.read more
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