COGS 100 Lecture 1: COGS Week 1-2
25 Jan 2019
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How mind works from all kinds of perspectives (psyc, computing, ling) Mental processes are analogous to computational processes. Cognitive science by jay fridenberg and gordon silverman (3rd edition) Supplementary reading: mind: introduction to cognitive science by paul thagard. Individual, group, online reading, online quiz, midterm and final. Quizzes are mostly multiple choice, true or false Lectures ppt will be posted after the lectures. The act or process of knowing; perception. The product of such a process; something thus known, perceived, etc. All studies led to the hypothesis that human mind carries out a form of computation which results in intelligent behavior and consciousness. Pattern matching (recognize different people) searching and constraint satisfaction to achieve a desired goal (other ways for sth. ) Invention of computers in 1940-50s had an enormous impact by enabling these computations. Computation: a process that manipulates a given set of data to produce some result.
