ABSTRACT

This volume is a direct result of a conference held at Princeton University to honor George A. Miller, an extraordinary psychologist. A distinguished panel of speakers from various disciplines -- psychology, philosophy, neuroscience and artificial intelligence -- were challenged to respond to Dr. Miller's query:

"What has happened to cognition? In other words, what has the past 30 years contributed to our understanding of the mind? Do we really know anything that wasn't already clear to William James?"

Each participant tried to stand back a little from his or her most recent work, but to address the general question from his or her particular standpoint. The chapters in the present volume derive from that occasion.

chapter 2|25 pages

On the Nature of Systems?

chapter 3|20 pages

The Role of Language in Cognition

A Computational Inquiry

chapter 5|14 pages

The Social in Cognition

chapter 7|11 pages

Can Science Understand the Mind?

chapter 8|15 pages

Explaining and Interpreting

Two Ways of Using Mind

chapter 9|21 pages

Speaking of Objects, as Such

chapter 10|11 pages

How Mind Works, if There is One

chapter 11|43 pages

How the Mind Thinks

chapter 13|19 pages

Remembering the Future