When finally substantiated by scientific means, such a…

“The brain works in a holistic, cooperative way that makes our basest desire or most abject fear as expressive of who we are as…

— David Amerland

“Mindless action without a real understanding of the ramifications is only likely to result in serious miscalculations or a colossal waste of time. Avoid…

— David Amerland

“Memory results from a process of continual re-categorization which, by its nature, must be procedural and involve continual motor activity and repeated rehearsal.”

— Gerald Edelman

Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists because we…

— Daniel Levitin

Cognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem to be…

— Louis Menand

Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and other philosophical…

— Ernest Sosa

“Truly to realize the ambitions of a science of mind does not solely involve learning about such issues as how we know, perceive and…

— Sean O Nuallain

“Consciousness may be seen as the haughty and restless second cousin of morphology. Memory is its mistress, perception its somewhat abused wife, logic its…

— Gerald Edelman

People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It's not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about…

— Paola Antonelli

I do think that an understanding of contemporary work in the cognitive sciences has a profound effect on how one views the workings of…

— Hilary Kornblith

Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part…

— Paul Bloom

17th century philosophers were not in a position to understand the mind as well as we can today, since the advent of experimental methods…

— Hilary Kornblith

One of the things cognitive science teaches us is that when people define their very identity by a worldview, or a narrative, or a…

— George Lakoff

“Perceptions of the world and of other actors diverge from reality in patterns that we can detect and for reasons that we can understand.”

— Robert Jervis

“Sound waves, regardless of their frequency or intensity, can only be detected by the Mole Fly’s acute sense of smell—it is a little known…

— Ashim Shanker