Functional models of cognition : self-organizing dynamics and semantic structures in cognitive systems /

"Of crucial importance in the attempt to outline an adequate theory of human cognition, these remain amongst the most difficult of questions in the cognitive sciences. This volume brings together fifteen original essays from distinguished scholars in a variety of disciplines to discuss these qu...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Carsetti, Arturo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2000]
Series:Theory and decision library. Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences ; 27.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Of crucial importance in the attempt to outline an adequate theory of human cognition, these remain amongst the most difficult of questions in the cognitive sciences. This volume brings together fifteen original essays from distinguished scholars in a variety of disciplines to discuss these questions and to see what kinds of conceptual tools and methodologies would be necessary to give these questions a satisfactory answer." "This book will appeal to graduate students, researchers and teachers working in the fields of Psychology, Cognitive Science, Complexity Theory, Self-organization Theory, Synergetics, Semantics of Natural Language and Mereology. The volume will be of particular interest to philosophers and epistemologists."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:1 online resource (307 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789401596206 (electronic bk.)
9401596204 (electronic bk.)