Session 2

  • 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