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This landmark textbook introduces students to everything that the worlds great thinkers think about thought. Throughout history, different fields of inquiry have attempted to understand the great mystery of mind and answer questions like: What is mind? How does it operate? What is consciousness? Only recently have these efforts in traditional and cutting edge disciplines become more united in their focus. Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind is the comprehensive result of the authors' drawing together of this work.
Jay Friedenberg and Gordon Silverman survey significant theoretical models of the human mind from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. They achieve coherence between these different approaches by the use of a parallel structure to organize each chapter and by deploying a common set of themes to explore the different perspectives. The overall approach is multidisciplinary, theoretical, and historical. Other texts on cognitive science are empirical in nature, built around classic experiments illustrating major phenomena in perception, memory, and other areas. This book, by contrast, introduces students to the theoretical models and ideas underlying such empirical work. Experiments are discussed, but primarily to illustrate the specific characteristics of a model.
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Includes numerous ancillaries to promote the book's effective use a companion student website at www.sagepub.com/CSstudy featuring online student-friendly exercises, E-flash cards, and interactive quizzes; and an Instructors CD-ROM with a test bank, chapter outlines, PowerPoint slides, a sample syllabus, and ideas for student projects After introducing a major perspective, an "Evaluating" section discusses the strengths and weaknesses of that perspective "Thought Balloons" in margins further encourage students to think critically about key concepts "In-Depth" boxes elaborate on specific models, illustrating them in concrete terms, and "Minds On" exercises help students to familiarize themselves with key concepts in a hands-on fashion Student study is assisted via key terms (which are boldfaced and defined in context when first introduced), suggestions for further reading, and end-of-chapter "Food for Thought" discussion questions Covers all the traditional concerns of cognitive science together with analysis of newer areas such as robotics and the evolutionary approach
Unlike other texts on the market which are either outdated or pitched at a much higher level, Cognitive Science is the perfect introductory textbook for cross-disciplinary courses on the mind in psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and computer science.
Jay Friedenberg and Gordon Silverman survey significant theoretical models of the human mind from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. They achieve coherence between these different approaches by the use of a parallel structure to organize each chapter and by deploying a common set of themes to explore the different perspectives. The overall approach is multidisciplinary, theoretical, and historical. Other texts on cognitive science are empirical in nature, built around classic experiments illustrating major phenomena in perception, memory, and other areas. This book, by contrast, introduces students to the theoretical models and ideas underlying such empirical work. Experiments are discussed, but primarily to illustrate the specific characteristics of a model.
Key Features:
Includes numerous ancillaries to promote the book's effective use a companion student website at www.sagepub.com/CSstudy featuring online student-friendly exercises, E-flash cards, and interactive quizzes; and an Instructors CD-ROM with a test bank, chapter outlines, PowerPoint slides, a sample syllabus, and ideas for student projects After introducing a major perspective, an "Evaluating" section discusses the strengths and weaknesses of that perspective "Thought Balloons" in margins further encourage students to think critically about key concepts "In-Depth" boxes elaborate on specific models, illustrating them in concrete terms, and "Minds On" exercises help students to familiarize themselves with key concepts in a hands-on fashion Student study is assisted via key terms (which are boldfaced and defined in context when first introduced), suggestions for further reading, and end-of-chapter "Food for Thought" discussion questions Covers all the traditional concerns of cognitive science together with analysis of newer areas such as robotics and the evolutionary approach
Unlike other texts on the market which are either outdated or pitched at a much higher level, Cognitive Science is the perfect introductory textbook for cross-disciplinary courses on the mind in psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and computer science.
668 pages, Paperback
First published September 12, 2005
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May 19, 2017
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).
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).
March 25, 2017
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.
March 8, 2022
Interesting look at the main facets of Cognitive Science. Great introduction.
June 22, 2024
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.
August 4, 2014
maybe its my failure but i couldn't find a big picture and connect the whole data.
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