Computation, Cognition, and Pylyshyn (The MIT Press)

A collection of cutting-edge work on cognition and a celebration of a foundational figure in the field. Classical cognitive science has found itself in something of a pickle; a pickle that's so deep (if I may mix a metaphor) that most of its practitioners haven't so much as noticed that they are in it. What's so good about Pylyshyn--in particular what's so good about Pylyshyn's recent work--is that maybe, just possibly maybe, it shows us the way out of the pickle we're in--from the introduction by Jerry FodorZenon Pylyshyn is a towering figure in cognitive science; his book Computation and Cognition (MIT Press, 1984) is a foundational presentation of the relationship between cognition and computation. His recent work on vision and its preconceptual mechanism has been influential and controversial. In this book, leading cognitive scientists address major topics in Pylyshyn's work and discuss his contributions to the cognitive sciences. Contributors discuss vision, considering such topics as multiple-object tracking, action, molecular and cellular cognition, and inhibition of return; and foundational issues, including connectionism, modularity, the evolution of the perception of number, computation, cognitive architecture, location, and visual sensory representations of objects. Contributors John Bickle, Darlene A. Brodeur, Andy Brook, Austen Clark, Michael R. W. Dawson, Jerry Fodor, Mel Goodale, Stevan Harnad, Heather Hollinsworth, Lisa N. Jefferies, Brian Keane, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, Charles Reiss, Brian J. Scholl, Lana M. Trick, Claudia Uller, Marla Wolf, Richard D. Wright

Classical cognitive science has found itself in something of a pickle; a pickle that's so deep (if I may mix a metaphor) that most of its practitioners haven't so much as noticed that they are in it. What's so good about Pylyshyn—in particular what's so good about Pylyshyn's recent work—is that maybe, just possibly maybe, it shows us the way out of the pickle we're in.—from the introduction by Jerry FodorZenon Pylyshyn is a towering figure in cognitive science;his book Computation and Cognition (MIT Press, 1984) is a foundational presentation of the relationship between cognition and computation. His recent work on vision and its preconceptual mechanism has been influential and controversial. In this book, leading cognitive scientists address major topics in Pylyshyn's work and discuss his contributions to the cognitive sciences.

Contributors discuss vision, considering such topics as multiple-object tracking, action, molecular and cellular cognition, and inhibition of return; and foundational issues, including connectionism,modularity, the evolution of the perception of number, computation, cognitive architecture,location, and visual sensory representations of objects.

Contributors: John Bickle, Darlene A. Brodeur, Andy Brook,Austen Clark, Michael R. W. Dawson, Jerry Fodor, Mel Goodale, Stevan Harnad, Heather Hollinsworth,Lisa N. Jefferies, Brian Keane, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, Charles Reiss, Brian J. Scholl, Lana M. Trick,Claudia Uller, Marla Wolf, Richard D. Wright

The hardcover edition does not include a dust jacket.

Perception, Representation, And The World: The Finst That Binds / Zenon W. Pylyshyn -- What Have We Learned About Attention From Multiple-object Tracking (and Vice Versa)? / Brian J. Scholl -- Multiple-object Tracking Across The Lifespan: Do Different Factors Contribute To Diminished Performance In Different Age Groups? / Lana Trick, Heather Hollinsworth, And Darlene A. Brodeur -- Vision For Action / Mel Goodale And Marla Wolf -- There's A New Kid In Town: Computational Cognitive Science, Meet Molecular And Cellular Cognition / John Bickle -- Inhibition Of Return Is Cognitively Penetrable / Richard D. Wright And Lisa N. Jefferies -- Computation And Cognition -- And Connectionism / Michael R.w. Dawson -- Intermodular Explanation In Cognitive Science: An Example From Phonology / Charles Reiss -- The Evolution Of Cognition: The Case Of Number / Claudia Uller -- Cohabitation: Computation At Seventy, Cognition At Twenty / Stevan Harnad -- The Possibility Of A Cognitive Architecture / Andrew Brook -- Location, Location, Location / Austen Clark -- Visual Objects As The Referents Of Early Vision: A Response To A Theory Of Sentience / Brian P. Keane. Edited By Don Dedrick And Lana Trick. A Bradford Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.