1st Edition

Dictionary of Cognitive Science Neuroscience, Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, and Philosophy

464 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

A translation of the renowned French reference book, Vocabulaire de sciences cognitives , the Dictionary of Cognitive Science presents comprehensive definitions in more than 120 subjects. Topics range from 'Abduction' to 'Writing', and each entry is covered from as many perspectives as possible within the domains of psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics.... Read more
Entries include: * Abduction * Autism * Belief * Cognitive Development * Constraint * Desire * Distributed Intelligence * Emotion * Expressiveness * Frame Problem * Functionalism * Grammar * Holism * Inheritance * Interpretation * Knowledge Acquisition * Language of Thought * Logicism/Psychologism * Mental Imagery * Model * Neural Network * Number * Oral * Pragmatics * Psychophysics * Qualia * Reading * Relevance * Robotics * Schizophrenia * Semiotics * Theory of Mind * Turing Machine * Validation * Writing * and many more.

Biography

Olivier Houdé, Daniel Kayser, Olivier Koenig, Joëlle Proust, François Rastier

"Well-written...Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and higher." -- Choice
"A good resource for definitions of basic concepts... Suitable for students." -- Library Journal