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Reframing Cognitive Science as a Complexity Science

Cognitive Science, 2023
AbstractComplexity science is an investigative framework that stems from a number of tried and tested disciplines—including systems theory, nonlinear dynamical systems theory, and synergetics—and extends a common set of concepts, methods, and principles to understand how natural systems operate.
Luis H, Favela, Mary Jean, Amon
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Cognitive Science

2016
The cognitive revolution reinstated the mind as a central unit of empirical and theoretical analysis and inspired the cognitive science of religion (CSR), which attempted to explain symbolic-cultural systems in terms of innate cognitive constraints. There is an ongoing debate on whether cognition is simply individual mental representations or broader ...
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Translation and cognitive science

2020
An overview of the main developments in the field of cognitive science since its emergence in the mid-1950s along with, and in parallel to, the evolution of Cognitive Translation Studies from its disciplinary origins in the Leipzig school. The distinction between “micro-” and “macrocognition” is used as a topical thread in order to critically discuss ...
Munoz Martin, Ricardo, Martín de León, Celia   +1 more
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The cognitive science of fiction

WIREs Cognitive Science, 2012
AbstractFiction might be dismissed as observations that lack reliability and validity, but this would be a misunderstanding. Works of fiction are simulations that run on minds. They were the first kinds of simulation. All art has a metaphorical quality: a painting can be both pigments on canvas and a person.
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The Cognitive Science of Science

2012
A cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling. Many disciplines, including philosophy, history, and sociology, have attempted to make sense of how science works.
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Innateness in cognitive science

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2004
Innateness is one of the central concepts of cognitive science; but it is also a source of considerable confusion. In this article, I survey recent attempts to understand the notion of innateness as it figures in cognitive science and indicate which is likely to prove most fruitful.
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“Cognition” and Dynamical Cognitive Science

Minds and Machines, 2016
Several philosophers have expressed concerns with some recent uses of the term `cognition'. Underlying a number of these concerns are claims that cognition is only located in the brain and that no compelling case has been made to use `cognition' in any way other than as a cause of behavior that is representational in nature.
Favela, Luis H., Martin, Jonathan
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Cognitive science and behaviourism

British Journal of Psychology, 1985
In this paper it is argued that cognitive scientists, claiming the support of brain science and computer simulation, have revived a traditional view that behaviour is initiated by an internal, autonomous mind. In doing so, they have (1) misused the metaphor of storage and retrieval, (2) given neurology a misleading assignment, (3) frequently replaced ...
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Cognitive science in popular film: the Cognitive Science Movie Index

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2013
HAL 9000. Morpheus. Skynet. These household names demonstrate the strong cultural impact of films depicting themes in cognitive science and the potential power of popular cinema for outreach and education. Considering their wide influence, there is value to aggregating these movies and reflecting on their renderings of our field.
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Cognitive science contributions to decision science

Cognition, 2015
This article briefly reviews the history and interplay between decision theory, behavioral decision-making research, and cognitive psychology. The review reveals the increasingly important impact that psychology and cognitive science have on decision science.
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