LCC 5791, CS 8113N, PSY 7011B. Cognitive Perspectives.

The focus of the course will be on cognitive models of science proposed by philosophers. We will address such questions as : by constructing cognitive models can we better understand how scientists devise and execute real world and thought experiments, construct arguments, create concepts, invent and use mathematical tools, communicate ideas and practices, and train practitioners? Can theories and methods in the cognitive sciences provide a means for reconstructing historical "discovery processes"? What area(s) of cognitive science offer the most potnetial for fruitful analyses: AI, psychology, cognitive neuroscience? What is the relation between cognitive and social models of science? Nersessian.