Barbara Von Eckardt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1067539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Von Eckardt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Von Eckardt |
| SIGNATURE | VON ECKARDT B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mechanism and Explanation in Cognitive Neuroscience
The aim of this paper is to examine the usefulness of the Machamer, Darden, and Craver (2000) mechanism approach to gaining an understanding of explanation in cognitive neuroscience. We argue that although the mechanism approach can capture many aspects of explanation in cognitive neuroscience, it cannot capture everything. In particular, it cannot completely capture all aspects of the content and significance of mental representations or the eva…
In Defense of the Standard View
How to Build a Theory in Cognitive Science
What Is Cognitive Science
In this richly detailed analysis, Barbara Von Eckardt lays the foundations for understanding what it means to be a cognitive scientist. She characterizes the basic assumptions that define the cognitive science approach and systematically sorts out a host of recent and the controversies surrounding them.The field of cognitive science is now in its third decade, yet the question remains whether this lively and fertile science, which studies the hum…
Explaining Science
Debate over the nature of has recently moved from the halls of academia into the public sphere, where it has taken shape as the science At issue is the question of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs. Ronald Giere is a philosopher of who has been at the forefront of this debate from its inception, and Science without Laws offers a much-…
Artificial Intelligence
The idea that human thinking and machine computing are radically the same provides the central theme for this marvelously lucid and witty book on what artificial intelligence is all about. Although presented entirely in nontechnical
Lexical and conceptual representation in beginning and proficient bilinguals
What Is Cognitive Science
In this richly detailed analysis, Barbara Von Eckardt lays the foundations for understanding what it means to be a cognitive scientist. She characterizes the basic assumptions that define the cognitive science approach and systematically sorts out a host of recent and the controversies surrounding them.The field of cognitive science is now in its third decade, yet the question remains whether this lively and fertile science, which studies the hum…
Explaining Science
Debate over the nature of has recently moved from the halls of academia into the public sphere, where it has taken shape as the science At issue is the question of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs. Ronald Giere is a philosopher of who has been at the forefront of this debate from its inception, and Science without Laws offers a much-…
Mechanism and Explanation in Cognitive Neuroscience
The aim of this paper is to examine the usefulness of the Machamer, Darden, and Craver (2000) mechanism approach to gaining an understanding of explanation in cognitive neuroscience. We argue that although the mechanism approach can capture many aspects of explanation in cognitive neuroscience, it cannot capture everything. In particular, it cannot completely capture all aspects of the content and significance of mental representations or the eva…
Lexical and conceptual representation in beginning and proficient bilinguals
Artificial Intelligence
The idea that human thinking and machine computing are radically the same provides the central theme for this marvelously lucid and witty book on what artificial intelligence is all about. Although presented entirely in nontechnical
Explaining Science
Debate over the nature of has recently moved from the halls of academia into the public sphere, where it has taken shape as the science At issue is the question of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs. Ronald Giere is a philosopher of who has been at the forefront of this debate from its inception, and Science without Laws offers a much-…
What Is Cognitive Science
In this richly detailed analysis, Barbara Von Eckardt lays the foundations for understanding what it means to be a cognitive scientist. She characterizes the basic assumptions that define the cognitive science approach and systematically sorts out a host of recent and the controversies surrounding them.The field of cognitive science is now in its third decade, yet the question remains whether this lively and fertile science, which studies the hum…
In Defense of the Standard View
How to Build a Theory in Cognitive Science
Mechanism and Explanation in Cognitive Neuroscience
The aim of this paper is to examine the usefulness of the Machamer, Darden, and Craver (2000) mechanism approach to gaining an understanding of explanation in cognitive neuroscience. We argue that although the mechanism approach can capture many aspects of explanation in cognitive neuroscience, it cannot capture everything. In particular, it cannot completely capture all aspects of the content and significance of mental representations or the eva…
Cognition (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Cognitive Science and Mapping (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Age of Acquisition (1 work) · Artificial Immune Systems Applications (1 work)