COGNITIVE SCIENCE

William J. Rapaport

Department of Computer Science
and Center for Cognitive Science
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu

Abstract:

This is a draft of an article to appear in A. Ralston & E. D. Reilly (eds.), Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, 3rd edition (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold).

• DEFINITION.
• COGNITION AND COMPUTATION.
• VARIETIES OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE.
  • Symbolic Computational Cognitive Science.
  • Connectionist Computational Cognitive Science.
  • Compromises between These Approaches.
• HISTORY OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE.
• COGNITIVE SCIENCE RESEARCH.
  • Artificial Intelligence.
  • Linguistics.
  • Philosophy.
  • Psychology.
  • Cognitive Science.
• THE FUTURE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE.
• REFERENCES.
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