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Language and Meaning in Cognitive Science -

Language and Meaning in Cognitive Science

Cognitive Issues and Semantic theory

Andy Clark, Josefa Toribio (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
312 Seiten
1998
Routledge (Verlag)
9780815327714 (ISBN)
CHF 279,30 inkl. MwSt
This volume contains recent essays by leading authorities on different aspects of language, ranging from the computational underpinnings of syntactic and semantic properties to theories of conceptual and non-conceptual content.
Summarizes and illuminates two decades of research
Gathering important papers by both philosophers and scientists, this collection illuminates the central themes that have arisen during the last two decades of work on the conceptual foundations of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Each volume begins with a comprehensive introduction that places the coverage in a broader perspective and links it with material in the companion volumes. The collection is of interest in many disciplines including computer science, linguistics, biology, information science, psychology, neuroscience, iconography, and philosophy.

Examines initial efforts and the latest controversies
The topics covered range from the bedrock assumptions of the computational approach to understanding the mind, to the more recent debates concerning cognitive architectures, all the way to the latest developments in robotics, artificial life, and dynamical systems theory. The collection first examines the lineage of major research programs, beginning with the basic idea of machine intelligence itself, then focuses on specific aspects of thought and intelligence, highlighting the much-discussed issue of consciousness, the equally important, but less densely researched issue of emotional response, and the more traditionally philosophical topic of language and meaning.

Provides a gamut of perspectives
The editors have included several articles that challenge crucial elements of the familiar research program of cognitive science, as well as important writings whose previous circulation has been limited. Within each volume the papers are organized to reflect a variety of research programs and issues. The substantive introductions that accompany each volume further organize the material and provide readers with a working sense of the issues and the connection between articles.

Andy Clark, Josefa Toribio

Introduction, The Nature of Language, On the Nature, Use and Acquisition of Language, Magic Words: How Language Augments Human Computation, Rules of Language, Language and Computation, Can Machines Think?, Understanding Understanding: Syntactic Semantics and Computational Cognition, Understanding Natural Language, Language and Experience, Individualism, Computation, and Perceptual Content, Externalist Explanation, Ecological Content, Naturalized Semantics, Advertisement for a Semantics for Psychology, Putting Information to Work, Biosemantics, Acknowledgments

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