Symbolic Architectures for Cognition

Abstract

This chapter treats the architecture, which is the fixed structure that provides the frame within which cognitive processing in the mind takes place. It describes what an architecture is and how it enters into cognitive theories of the mind. It concentrates on symbolic architectures, the family that includes the architectures central to computer science. It does not treat foundational matters or connectionist architectures. After treating in detail the general requirements of a cognitive architecture, it uses Act and Soar, two architectures relevant to the study of human cognition, to illustrate matters in detail. (sdw)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA222909

Entities

People

  • Allen Newell
  • John E. Laird
  • Paul Simon Rosenbloom

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automata
  • Coding
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Decoding
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Recognition

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