CGSC170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Backgammon, Behaviorism
14 Nov 2017
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Complex systems can be described at three levels: Computational: the what and the why, goals, function, big picture. Tri- level analysis can be used to describe any complex system. Particularly useful for describing information processing systems: computational: goal of the computation; relationship between input and output, algorithmic: form of representations; specific operations; steps undertaken to manipulate representations. Implementation: physical apparatus performing the information processing (brain; computer; etc) Games, sports, physical activates, cognitive faculties/systems: baseball; backgammon; driving a car; language; memory search. The classical view of the mind as an information processor uses the computer analogy for the mind. Discrete symbols (representations) acted on by rules (operations) The classical view emerged roughly concurrently with the rise of cognitive as a reaction against behaviorism. Inform other sub-disciplines that make up cog sci (psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience) Helps us critique other approaches in terms of logical flow.
