Meaning and Cognitive Structure: Issues in the Computational Theory of Mind

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

Few areas of study have led to such close and intense interactions among computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers as the area now referred to as cognitive science. Within this discipline, few problems have inspired as much debate as the use of notions such as meaning, intentionality, or the semantic content of mental states in explaining human behavior. The set of problems surrounding these notions have been viewed by some observers as threatening the foundations of cognitive science as currently conceived, and by others as providing a new and scientifically sound formulation of certain classical problems in the philosophy of mind. The chapters in this volume help bridge the gap among contributing disciplines-computer science, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience-and discuss the problems posed from various perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780893913724
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1986
Series:	Theoretical Issues in Cognitive Science
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
PART I: POSITION PAPERS AND COMMENTARIES
The Modularity of Mind, Jerry Fodor
Commentary: Modules and Central Databases, Scott E. Fahlman
Commentary: Modules and Language Abnormalities, David Caplan
The Symbol Level and the Knowledge Level, Allen Newell
Commentary: The Link from Symbols to Knowledge, Brian Smith
Is There an Autonomous "Knowledge Level"?, Daniel Dennett
Problems in Procedural Semantics, William A. Woods
Commentary: How Can a Symbol "Mean" Something?, John Haugeland
Commentary: Understanding without Knowing How to Behave, Janet Fodor
Computational Psychology and Interpretation Theory, Hilary Putnam. Does Psychology Need Meanings?, Michael R. Lipton
Does Psychology Need Exact Semantics?, Robert J. Matthews
PART II: WORKSHOPS
Session 1: Modularity of Mind
Session 2: The Symbol Level and the Knowledge Level
Session 3: Problems in Procedural Semantics
Session 4: Computational Psychology and Interpretation Theory
References
Author Index
Subject Index