Mind Readings: Introductory Selections on Cognitive Science

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This is a collection of accessible readings on some of the most important topics in cognitive science. The book may accompany the textbook "Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Science" and the selection provides further discussion on major topics covered in the textbook. The first eight chapters present approaches to cognitive science from the perspective that thinking consists of computational procedures on mental representations. The remaining five chapters discuss challenges to the computational-representational understanding of the mind.

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"Thagard has chosen readings wisely, not just to complement histextbook, but as a short stand-alone anthology. The collectionsucceeds admirably." George Graham , Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Author Bio

Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He is the author of The Cognitive Science of Science (MIT Press, 2012) and many other books.