Computation and cognition: Issues in the foundations of cognitive science

ZW Pylyshyn - Behavioral and Brain sciences, 1980 - cambridge.org
The computational view of mind rests on certain intuitions regarding the fundamental
similarity between computation and cognition. We examine some of these intuitions and …

Who is computing with the brain?

JR Searle - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1990 - cambridge.org
Abstracts Cognitive science typically postulates unconscious mental phenomena,
computational or otherwise, to explain cognitive capacities. The mental phenomena in …

The nature and plausibility of cognitivism

J Haugeland - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1978 - cambridge.org
Cognitivism in psychology and philosophy is roughly the position that intelligent behavior
can (only) be explained by appeal to internal “cognitive processes,” that is, rational thought …

Computational models and empirical constraints

ZW Pylyshyn - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1978 - cambridge.org
It is argued that the traditional distinction between artificial intelligence and cognitive
simulation amounts to little more than a difference in style of research-a different ordering in …

Is the mind conscious, functional, or both?

M Velmans - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1990 - cambridge.org
Abstracts Cognitive science typically postulates unconscious mental phenomena,
computational or otherwise, to explain cognitive capacities. The mental phenomena in …

Consciousness and accessibility

N Block - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1990 - cambridge.org
Abstracts Cognitive science typically postulates unconscious mental phenomena,
computational or otherwise, to explain cognitive capacities. The mental phenomena in …

Why not the whole iguana?

DC Dennett - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1978 - cambridge.org
It is argued that the traditional distinction between artificial intelligence and cognitive
simulation amounts to little more than a difference in style of research~ a different ordering in …

Précis of The emperor's new mind: Concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics

R Penrose - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1990 - cambridge.org
The emperor's new mind (hereafter Emperor) is an attempt to put forward a scientific
alternative to the viewpoint of “strong AI,” according to which mental activity is merely the …

Intentionality and information processing: An alternative model for cognitive science

KM Sayre - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1986 - cambridge.org
This article responds to two unresolved and crucial problems of cognitive science:(1) What is
actually accomplished by functions of the nervous system that we ordinarily describe in the …

Methodological solipsism considered as a research strategy in cognitive psychology1

JA Fodor - Behavioral and brain sciences, 1980 - cambridge.org
The paper explores the distinction between two doctrines, both of which inform theory
construction in much of modern cognitive psychology: the representational theory of mind …