Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science -- A Review

Authors

  • Bonnie Holte Bennett
  • Dwight Nelson
  • Russell Pannier
  • Thomas Sullivan
  • Gregory Robinson-Riegler

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v19i1.1360

Abstract

Understanding the mind is one of the great "holy grails" of twentieth-century research. Regardless of training, most people who come in contact with the field of AI are at least partially motivated by the glimmer of hope that they will get a better understanding of the mind. This quest, of course, is a rich and complex one. It is easy to get mired in minutiae along the way, be they the optimization of an algorithm, the details of a mental model, or the intricacies of a logical argument. Thagard's book attempts to call us back to the larger picture and to draw in new devotees -- and, in general, he succeeds.

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Published

1998-03-15

How to Cite

Bennett, B. H., Nelson, D., Pannier, R., Sullivan, T., & Robinson-Riegler, G. (1998). Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science -- A Review. AI Magazine, 19(1), 133. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v19i1.1360

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Book Reviews