First published 2014
Gary F. Marcus examines how philosophers and cognitive scientists are rethinking systematicity after the connectionist revolution. The book explores new approaches that have emerged to challenge traditional computational models of mind. Marcus presents perspectives from ecological psychology, which studies cognition in natural environments. He covers embodied cognition theories that emphasize the body's role in thinking. The book also examines distributed cognition approaches that spread mental processes across people and tools. Enactivism receives attention as a framework where cognition emerges through action and interaction with the world. Marcus shows how these methodologies offer fresh ways to understand systematic patterns in human thought. The book provides readers with a comprehensive view of contemporary debates about how minds organize knowledge and process information systematically.
Genres: philosophy, psychology, brain, artificial-intelligence, academic
Vibes: academic, intellectual, thought-provoking
Tropes: academic-debate, challenging-traditional-models
483 pages · Kindle Edition · MIT Press (MA)