COGS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Science

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: COGS 100
• Professor: Farhana Zulkernine

Document Summary

Cogs 100: introduction to cognitive science - lecture 1:cognitive science. Cognition (noun): the act or process of knowing; perception. The product of such a process; something thus known, perceived knowledge, etc. Cognitive science search for an operational explanation of the intelligence of human mind. Operational insists that explanations are rooted in formal systems of representation and computation to be tested on a computer. Any theoretical study of the mind has to be somehow validated by computational science understanding the mind = understanding cognitive view. Started with philosophers who applied reasoning to acquire knowledge psychologist then studied human mind. Applied: robotics (how they move, education (development, design (personality or thought process, management, mental illness. The search for an operational explanation of the intelligence of human mind. Operational insists that our explanations are rooted in formal systems of representation and computation to the extent that they may, in part, be tested out on a computer.