Modelling the Mind

This collection by a distinguished group of philosophers psychologists and physiologists reflects an interdisciplinary approach to the central question of cognitive science: how do we model the mind? Among the topics 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 representations and modelling; whether the nature of the hardware matters; and whether computer models of humans are dehumanizing. Contributors include Donald Davidson Daniel C. Dennett Margaret A. Boden Adam Morton Dennis Noble T. Poggio Colin Blakemore K.V. Wilkes P.N. Johnson-Laird and Jonathan St. B.T. Evans.