COG250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Identity Element, Nominalism, Cartesian Coordinate System
30 Nov 2016
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There are many disciplines that attempt to define & describe what the mind is. The goal of cognitive science is to figure out what the relationship between these different disciplines is. Mind: (cid:862)brai(cid:374)(cid:863) biology, neuroscience, chemistry (cid:862)beha(cid:448)iour(cid:863) psychology (cid:862)cog(cid:374)itio(cid:374)(cid:863) computer science (cid:862)distri(cid:271)uted cog(cid:374)itio(cid:374)(cid:863) linguistics, anthropology. Mind is an equivocal term (has many meanings). The important role of philosophy: philosophy attempts to construct a conceptual category, a unity between these disciplines, thereby bridging the gap between common sense and science. Common sense uses the familiar to explain the unfamiliar can often mislead you. Science uses the unfamiliar to explain the familiar (atran) By the design model, if we can make machines that process information in an intelligent way, then we can understand how the brain does. The ability to extract useful and relevant information. The ability to engage in inductive inferences (ie starting with something, then making conclusions)
