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This book addresses a part of a problem. The problem is to
determine the architecture of cognition, that is, the basic
structures and mechanisms underlying cognitive processing. This is
a multidimensional problem insofar as there appear to be many
distinct types of mechanisms that interact in diverse ways during
cognitive processing. Thus, we have memory, attention, learning,
sensation, perception, and who knows what else, interacting to
produce behavior. As a case in point, consider a bit of linguistic
behavior. To tell a friend that I think Greg won a stunning
victory, I must evidently rely on various bits of information
stored in my memory, including who my friends are, who Greg is,
what he won, and what natural languages I share with my friend. I
must sense and perceive that my friend is within hearing distance,
how loud I need to speak, how loud I am speaking, and whether my
friend is paying attention. I must avail myself of what I know
about the language I share with my friend, along with innumerable
principles about human "folk psychology. " This book does not
address the full range of contemporary theorizing about cognitive
architecture, but only a part. It addresses theories of cognitive
architecture that hypothesize that there exist cognitive
representations, then begins to explore the possible structure of
these representations. One of the leading hypotheses concerning the
structure of cognitive representations is that it is akin to that
found in symbolic logic.
This book addresses a part of a problem. The problem is to
determine the architecture of cognition, that is, the basic
structures and mechanisms underlying cognitive processing. This is
a multidimensional problem insofar as there appear to be many
distinct types of mechanisms that interact in diverse ways during
cognitive processing. Thus, we have memory, attention, learning,
sensation, perception, and who knows what else, interacting to
produce behavior. As a case in point, consider a bit of linguistic
behavior. To tell a friend that I think Greg won a stunning
victory, I must evidently rely on various bits of information
stored in my memory, including who my friends are, who Greg is,
what he won, and what natural languages I share with my friend. I
must sense and perceive that my friend is within hearing distance,
how loud I need to speak, how loud I am speaking, and whether my
friend is paying attention. I must avail myself of what I know
about the language I share with my friend, along with innumerable
principles about human "folk psychology. " This book does not
address the full range of contemporary theorizing about cognitive
architecture, but only a part. It addresses theories of cognitive
architecture that hypothesize that there exist cognitive
representations, then begins to explore the possible structure of
these representations. One of the leading hypotheses concerning the
structure of cognitive representations is that it is akin to that
found in symbolic logic.
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