Modelling the Mind

This collection of papers by distinguished philosophers, psychologists and physiologists reflects an interdisciplinary approach to the central question of cognitive science - how do we model the mind?

SEE AUTHOR''S BLURB FOR LEAFLETS This collection of papers by distinguished philosophers, psychologists, and physiologists reflects an interdisciplinary approach to the central question of cognitive science: how do we model the mind? Among the questions explored are the relationships (theoretical, reductive, and explanatory) between philosophy, psychology, computer science, and physiology; what should be asked of models in science generally, and in cognitive science in particular; whether theoretical models must make essential reference to objects in the environment; whether there are human competences that are resistant, in principle, to modelling; whether simulated thinking and intentionality are really thinking and intentionality; how semantics can be generated from syntactics; the meaning of the terms `representation'' and `modelling''; whether the nature of the `hardware'' matters; and whether computer models of humans are `dehumanizing''.