The Mind's New Science A History Of The Cognitive Revolution

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The first full-scale history of cognitive science, this work addresses a central issue: What is the nature of knowledge?

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Preface	p. xiii
The Cognitive Revolution	p. 1
Introduction What the Meno Wrought	p. 3
Laying The Foundation For Cognitive Science	p. 10
Cognitive Science The First Decades	p. 28
The Cognitive Sciences A Historical Perspective	p. 47
Reason, Experience, And The Status of Philosophy	p. 86
Psychology The Wedding Of Methods to Substance	p. 89
Artificial Intelligence The Expert Tool	p. 138
Linguistics: the Search For Autonomy	p. 182
Anthropology: Beyond The Individual Case	p. 223
Neuroscience The Flirtation With Reductionism	p. 260
Toward An Integrated Cognitive Science: Present Efforts, Future Prospects	p. 289
Introduction	p. 291
Perceiving the World	p. 295
Mental Imagery A Figment Of The Imagination?	p. 323
A World Categorized	p. 340
How Rational a Being?	p. 360
Conclusion The Computational Paradox and The Cognitive Challenge	p. 381
Epilogue to the Paperback Edition: Cognitive Science After 1984	p. 393
Name Index	p. 417
Subject Index	p. 422
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