Book Details Title: Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of the Mind | |
Book DescriptionReview ‘A wonderful introduction to this highly interdisciplinary field – takes the reader from key elementary concepts to cutting edge research. Should help inspire a new generation of cognitive scientists.’ Nick Chater, University of Warwick’Bermúdez is a master synthesizer and explainer. I’ve been using his textbook since it was first published, always to the delight of my students. This new edition is the best yet. It keeps the core parts of the earlier editions while clearly introducing the latest innovations, such as Bayesian modeling and deep learning.’ Jacob Beck, York University, Toronto Read more Book Description This popular and highly readable text has been re-organized for the third edition to make it more accessible to students. It presents a unified and up-to-date narrative of cognitive science as a discipline in its own right, with new material on deep learning and Bayesian approaches. Read more About the Author José Luis Bermúdez is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Philosophy at Texas A & M University. He has been involved in teaching and research in cognitive science for over fifteen years, and is very much involved in bringing an interdisciplinary focus to cognitive science through involvement with conference organization and journals. His 100+ publications including the textbook Philosophy of Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction (2005) and a companion collection of readings, Philosophy of Psychology: Contemporary Readings (2006). He has authored the monographs The Paradox of Self-Consciousness (1998), Thinking without Words (2003), and Decision Theory and Rationality (2009) in addition to editing a number of collections including The Body and the Self (1995), Reason and Nature (2003), and Thought, Reference, and Experience (2005). Read more Customers Review: I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about the mind. It is nothing short of a landmark achievement in the history of cognitive science as well as the philosophy of science. This textbook does not sacrifice rigor for clarity, it actually manages to achieve both while retaining its momentum throughout. In addition to an excellent introduction to the field of cognitive science, what awaits prospective readers is a master class in the exercise of philosophy as applied to the sciences, and a convincing argument for philosophy’s indispensable contribution to contemporary science’s self-understanding. Cambridge University Press made an excellent choice in publishing this book and I look forward to reading more works by this author. |