Thoughts and notes on cognition

H Von Foerster, H von Foerster - Understanding Understanding: Essays …, 2003 - Springer
Projecting the image of ourselves into things or functions of things in the outside world is
quite a common practice. I shall call this projection “anthropomorphization.” Since each of us …

On constructing a reality

H Von Foerster, H von Foerster - Understanding understanding: Essays on …, 2003 - Springer
I am sure you remember the plain citizen Jourdain in Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
who, nouveau riche, travels in the sophisticated circles of the French aristocracy and who is …

[PDF][PDF] What is cognition?

T Bayne, D Brainard, RW Byrne, L Chittka, N Clayton… - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
The etymology above (adapted from https://www. etymonline. com/word/cognition) shows
that the word “cognition” has its origins in classical terms relating to the concept of knowing …

Cognitive semantics

G Lakoff - 1988 - escholarship.org
When cognitive science emerged as a field in the mid-1970's, a number of researchers
rallied around a certain philosophical view of mind that they assumed would form the …

Animal cognition

G Vallortigara, C Chiandetti, R Rugani… - Wiley …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The main topics in the study of animal cognition are reviewed with special reference to direct
links to human, and in particular developmental, cognitive sciences. The material is …

The mind of organisms: Some issues about animal cognition

EP Previde, M Colobetti, M Poli… - International Journal of …, 1992 - escholarship.org
The study of animal behavior and intelligence has a fairly long tradition, starting with
Romanes naive mentalism. With a few noble exceptions, like Tolman and Kohler …

Notes on an epistemology for living things

H Von Foerster - … Understanding: Essays on cybernetics and cognition, 2003 - Springer
However, in accord with the classic tradition of scientific inquiry which perpetually asks
“How?” rather than “What?,” this task calls for an epistemology of “How do we know?” rather …

Is embodiment necessary?

MH Bickhard - Handbook of Cognitive Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Every known instance of a genuine cognitive agent is embodied, and it
is clear that embodiment has a major influence on, and can be a major help for, artificial …

A companion to cognitive science

G Graham, W Bechtel - 1998 - philpapers.org
Abstract Part I: The Life of Cognitive Science:. William Bechtel, Adele Abrahamsen, and
George Graham. Part II: Areas of Study in Cognitive Science:. 1. Analogy: Dedre Gentner. 2 …

Mental models in cognitive science

PN Johnson-Laird - Cognitive science, 1980 - Elsevier
If cognitive science does not exist then it is necessary to invent it. That slogan
accommodates any reasonable attitude about the subject. One attitude-an optimistic one-is …