Session 2

January 28, 2021

• Review Article
  • Objections raised by author
    • Computers are merely “serial” but brains are “parallel.”
    • Computers are “digital,” but brains are “analog.”
    • Computers cannot generate emotions, but brains do not generate emotions.
  • Definitions
    • Parallel vs serial
    • Digital vs analog
  • Cognitive science
    • perceived gap in research areas:
      • no science of cognition
      • no systematic exploration of central questions
    • The scientific study of cognition, involving a domain of investigation and a set of procedure for studying that domain. -
  • Cognition -
  • Computation -
  • Empiricism -
  • Introspectionism -
  • Associationism -