The cybernetics phase of cognitive science produced an amazing array of concrete results, in addition to its long-term (often underground) influence — Francisco Varela Copy Share Image
“Memory results from a process of continual re-categorization which, by its nature, must be procedural and involve continual motor activity and repeated… — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
Cognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Good design is a Renaissance attitude that combines tech, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something. — Paola Antonelli Copy Share Image
“Perceptions of the world and of other actors diverge from reality in patterns that we can detect and for reasons that we… — Robert Jervis Copy Share Image
“It is well known in cognitive science that if you are pessimistic, you sound ‘smarter,” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have quite a bit of sympathy for the idea that psychology and cognitive science have much to offer philosophy, and that… — L.A. Paul Copy Share Image
One of the things cognitive science teaches us is that when people define their very identity by a worldview, or a narrative,… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
“If a gene could build a brain that could tell when copies of itself were sitting in another animal's gonads, it would… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The brain works in a holistic, cooperative way that makes our basest desire or most abject fear as expressive of who we… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“As far as I can see, even now, after years of puzzling over the field of cognitive science, there is no clear… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I do think that an understanding of contemporary work in the cognitive sciences has a profound effect on how one views the… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It's not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a… — Paola Antonelli Copy Share Image
Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
I think, in fact, that the connections between philosophy and cognitive science haven't gone far enough, metaphysicians should be working closely with… — L.A. Paul Copy Share Image
Regarding social order, [Francis] Fukuyama writes, "The systematic study of how order, and thus social capital, can emerge in spontaneous and decentralized… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
“Children discover and verify their theories in quite the same way that scientists do: through experimentation. They manipulate the world and discover… — Matthew M. Hurley Daniel C. Dennet Reginald B. Adams Copy Share Image
Work on causal theories of knowledge - early work by Armstrong, and Dretske, and Goldman - seemed far more satisfying. As I… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
17th century philosophers were not in a position to understand the mind as well as we can today, since the advent of… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
“there is a growing body of work coming out of psychology and cognitive science that says you have no clue why you… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“Truly to realize the ambitions of a science of mind does not solely involve learning about such issues as how we know,… — Sean O Nuallain Copy Share Image
Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
“Scientists, famously, use a lot of mathematics, at least in many disciplines (including both cognitive science and economics). Much of this is… — Don Ross Copy Share Image
“Sound waves, regardless of their frequency or intensity, can only be detected by the Mole Fly’s acute sense of smell—it is a… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“When finally substantiated by scientific means, such a view will allow an individual to see his place in the world with greater… — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
“Consciousness may be seen as the haughty and restless second cousin of morphology. Memory is its mistress, perception its somewhat abused wife,… — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
“Mindless action without a real understanding of the ramifications is only likely to result in serious miscalculations or a colossal waste of… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
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