Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) / quote 11 of 138

The invention of cognitive science

invention of “cognitive science,” a new discipline that attempts to go deeper into the nature of the mind than was customary in traditional empirical psychology. Cognitive science…

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Fodor: the mind as task-specific modules

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Cognition as the manipulation of symbols

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