[CGSC170] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (37 pages long!)

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: CGSC170
• Professor: Rhodes Ryan

Document Summary

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of the mind as an information processor. Fields that make up/are allied with cognitive science (as inter-disciplinary: psychology, linguistics, com. Representations and computation: information stored as representations, information processor: performs operations on info (representations, representations- features and their values (example: face: nose shape, eye color, size) Take two representations and compare them for features. If it has feathers, a beak, fly, then it must be a bird. Computational: highest level, a mental goal, significance of output. For any given computation, there are multiple algorithms. Type of representation (tally vs. arabic numerals) Implementation: bottom level, hardware used, physical medium used. Mind-body problem: monism: one substance, no distinction between minds and bodies. Thoughts are the consequence of the physical changes in the brain. Idealism (all mental), physicalism (all physical: dualism: claim the material part of the brain is too different immaterial , conscious experiences like desires.