CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reductionism, Synesthesia, Roger Penrose
5 Feb 2016
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Ways to explain: we will use learning as a running example. *cognitive science specializes in a particular level of explanation: the cognitive level. In this lecture, we will describe this level in part by distinguishing it from the others. However, for all of the levels described there are problems they are well- suited for. Learning at the sociological level: fijian food taboos. "food taboos for pregnant and lactating women in fiji selectively target the most toxic marine species, effectively reducing a woman"s chances of fish poisoning by. 30% during pregnancy and 60% during breastfeeding"" (henrich & henrich, 2010) Learning at the sociological level: eating some fish can make you sick. An individual might notice that after eating a certain kind of food, people get sick. Learning at the sociological level: adjusting parameters on productions. One cognitive theory is that the mind does what it does by firing little information processing rules called "productions"".
