Focusing on central cognitive aspects of language understanding, this influential text integrates theories from cognitive science, linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy of language, and formal logic. Alan Garnham examines psychological studies while reflecting on the interdisciplinary nature of language and cognitive processes, making it a significant resource for understanding the evolution of these fields since its original publication in 1985.
Offering a comprehensive introduction to artificial intelligence, this book explores the history and foundational tools of the field, while connecting it to psychology. It delves into five key research areas: knowledge representation, vision, reasoning, language, and learning, presenting a stimulating overview of the science behind thinking machines.
Focusing on anaphor interpretation, the author integrates insights from psycholinguistics, philosophy, linguistics, and computational linguistics. The research is grounded in the mental models theory of comprehension, positing that mental models are crucial for understanding the processes involved in resolving anaphors. This comprehensive overview highlights the interplay between theoretical frameworks and practical implications in the study of language processing.
Cognitive science - which draws on ideas from psychology, philosophy, linguistics and artificial intelligence (AI) - attempts to explain our mental life within a scientific framework. Its goal is, thus, to remove the last major obstacle to a unified scientific account of the natural world. In this title, originally published in 1991, Alan Garnham provides an invaluable introduction to this exciting new development in the study of mind. The Mind in Actionfocuses on the development of a systematic explanation of cognition, rather than on facts about the way we perceive things, remember them, talk about them, think about them, and interact with them. The author looks in detail at the nature of scientific explanations, the reasons for developing them, and the way they are assessed. He describes the work carried out by cognitive scientists and considers the questions that motivate it. He introduces the computational metaphor for the mind, and explains how flushing out the metaphor might lead to an integrated scientific account of mental phenomena. Designed primarily for people about to embark on courses in cognitive science and related disciplines, The Mind in Actioncaptures the liveliness and excitement of debates about the mind. It is readily accessible to anyone with an interest in how the mind works, avoiding technical terms where possible and explaining them fully where they are necessary.
First published in 2003, Hans Keller and the BBC is a study of Keller's BBC work, and is a vivid portrait of the changing face of British broadcasting seen through the work of one of its most significant personalities.
First published in 1987, this book provides a stimulating introduction to artificial intelligence (AI) - the science of thinking machines. After a general introduction to AI, including its history, tools, research methods, and its relation to psychology, Garnham gives an account of AI research in five major areas: knowledge representation, vision, thinking and reasoning, language, and learning. He then describes the more important applications of AI and discusses the broader philosophical issues raised by the possibility of thinking machines. In the final chapter, he speculates about future research in AI, and more generally in cognitive science. Suitable for psychology students, the book also provides useful background reading for courses on vision, thinking and reasoning, language and learning.
