Mind, Body, World- Foundations of Cognitive Science, 2013a

Contents
List of Figures and Tables | ix
Preface | xiii
Who Is This Book Written For? | xiv
Acknowledgements | xv
Chapter 1. The Cognitive Sciences: One or Many? | 1
1.0 Chapter Overview | 1
1.1 A Fragmented Psychology | 2
1.2 A Unified Cognitive Science | 3
1.3 Cognitive Science or the Cognitive Sciences? | 6
1.4 Cognitive Science: Pre-paradigmatic? | 13
1.5 A Plan of Action | 16
Chapter 2. Multiple Levels of Investigation | 19
2.0 Chapter Overview | 19
2.1 Machines and Minds | 20
2.2 From the Laws of Thought to Binary Logic | 23
2.3 From the Formal to the Physical | 29
2.4 Multiple Procedures and Architectures | 32
2.5 Relays and Multiple Realizations | 35
2.6 Multiple Levels of Investigation and Explanation | 38
2.7 Formal Accounts of Input-Output Mappings | 40
2.8 Behaviour by Design and by Artifact | 41
2.9 Algorithms from Artifacts | 43
2.10 Architectures against Homunculi | 46
2.11 Implementing Architectures | 48
2.12 Levelling the Field | 51
Chapter 3. Elements of Classical Cognitive Science | 55
3.0 Chapter Overview | 55
3.1 Mind, Disembodied | 56
3.2 Mechanizing the Infinite | 59
3.3 Phrase Markers and Fractals | 65
3.4 Behaviourism, Language, and Recursion | 68
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