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Jun 01, 1996 with mind, paul thagard offers an introduction to this interdisciplinary field for readers who come to the subject with very different backgrounds. Introduction to cognitive science, by paul thagard paul munro sis bldg 752, school of information sciences, university of pittsburgh, pittsburgh pa 15260, usa. Philosophy of psychology and cognitive science paul thagard, dov m. Whats the best introductory book to cognitive science. Why analogy is so easy in naturalistic setting yet so difficult in the psychological laboratory. With mind, paul thagard offers an introduction to this interdisciplinary field for readers who come to the subject with very different backgrounds. The book is only 270 pages long, and is also more idiosyncratic than bermudez. Ebook mindreadings as pdf download portable document format. Mechanisms and applications of emotional cognition, both published by the mit press, and other books. Proceedings of the biennial meeting of the philosophy of science association 1986. My enthusiasm for continuing to use thagard s accessible and consistently informative volume for berkeleys large introduction to cognitive science course has been fully refreshed, as the updates in the new edition have made it a superb text for. How scientists explain disease princeton university press. Paul thagard, artificial intelligence, psychology, and the. Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence, embracing psychology, philosophy, artificial.
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