Putting It All Together: Final Comments

Abstract

There are many signs that cognitive science is moving significantly towards integrated treatments of its subject matter. The life work of Herb Simon, in whose honor this symposium is being held, provides an important one. The papers of this symposium, towards whose critical appreciation this paper is supposed to contribute, provide another. And a recent extended reflection by the author on United Theories of Cognition (The William James Lectures at Harvard) provides the basis for yet a third. Against the background of an earlier reflection on the difficulties of cognitive psychology winning by playing the game of twenty questions with nature, these signs lead to a current upbeat assessment that cognitive science is putting it all together, and that it should continue to press forward. Keywords: Thought processes; Thinking; Symposium; Artificial intelligence; Unified theories of cognition; Cognitive science; Architectures; Soar.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 1988
Accession Number
ADA219202

Entities

People

  • Allen Newell

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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  • Autonomy
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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Concept Formation
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Language
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Task Performance And Analysis

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  • AI & ML
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