Cognitive science, in Howard Gardner's words, has a relatively
short history but a very long past. While its short history has
been the subject of quite a few studies published in recent years,
the current book focuses instead on its very long past. It explores
the emergence of the conceptual framework that was necessary to
make the rise of modem cognitive science possible in the first
place. Over the long course of the history of the theory of
perception and of cognition, various conceptual breakthroughs can
be discerned that have contributed significantly to the conception
of the mind as a physical symbol system with intricate
representational capacities and unimaginably rich computational
resources. In historical retrospect such conceptual
transitions-seemingly sudden and unannounced-are typically
foreshadowed in the course of enduring research programs that serve
as slowly developing theoretical con straint structures gradually
narrowing down the apparent solution space for the scientific
problems at hand. Ultimately the fundamental problem is either
resolved to the satisfaction of the majority of researchers in the
area of investigation, or else-and much more commonly-one or more
of the major theoretical constraints is abandoned or radically
modified, giving way to entirely new theoretical vistas. In the
history of the theory of perception this process can be witnessed
at vari ous important junctures."
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