Computation and Cognition Toward a Foundation for Cognitive Science

This systematic investigation of computation and mental phenomena by a noted psychologist and computer scientist argues that cognition is a form of computation, that the semantic contents of mental states are encoded in the same general way as computer representations are encoded. It is a rich and sustained investigation of the assumptions underlying the directions cognitive science research is taking. Zenon W. Pylyshyn is Professor of Psychology and Computer Science and Director of the Centre for Cognitive Science at the University of Western Ontario. A Bradford Book

Zenon W. Pylyshyn is Board of Governors Professor of Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He is the author of Things and Places: How the Mind Connects with the World (MIT Press) and other books.