Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind

by Jay Daniels Friedenberg, Gordon W. Silverman

This landmark text introduces the novice reader to what great thinkers think about thought. Unlike most texts, authors Jay Friedenberg and Gordon Silverman use a theoretical, rather than empirical, approach to examine the most important theories of mind from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. While experiments are discussed, they are used primarily to illustrate the specific characteristics of a model.

Genres: Psychology, Science, Philosophy, Academic, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Neuroscience

560 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2005

Reviews

[Sara]

دور اول تمام.

[John]

My first foray into a 'real' cogsci textbook. Basic but broad introduction work. Some of the chapters were better developed than others. If you have a good background in Philosophy of Mind and 4E cognitive science pass on this and find a more specific tome (neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurobiology, et cetera) suited to your needs. Or do what I will do next, although your mileage may vary here:

Read Kandel's 5th edition of Principles of Neural Science. The alleged classic work but a whopping 1760 pages. It will be slow, necessarily need-to-know-this-now chapter sampling, and bound to be frustrating at times.

Read that next to Bear, Paradiso, and Connors (2015) Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. That is only a bit more than half the pages of Kandel at 975.

In my case I will keep combining reading neuroscience with empirical studies and articles and books on the ongoing engagement with these from a philosophical standpoint (embodied embedded enacted extended cognition).

[Amirography]

An easy read. I enjoyed reading this book. Though author's view on animals and evolution was inaccurate, misleading, and outdated. It also can use a bit of textbook structure to help studying the material.

[Camille]

Interesting look at the main facets of Cognitive Science. Great introduction.

[Adél Geiszt]

Not an easy read, basically a textbook. It’s a really good choice however to get an insight into each subfield of cognitive science and to how they’re connected to each other.

[Kayson Fakhar]

maybe its my failure but i couldn't find a big picture and connect the whole data.