The possibility of a pluralist cognitive science

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-179

  Dale, Rick ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Complexity; Computation; Dynamics; Pluralism; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; COGNITIVE SCIENCES; COGNITIVE SCIENTISTS; COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATION; DYNAMICS; MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES; PLURALISM; PLURALISTIC APPROACH; PRAGMATISM; RESEARCH STRATEGIES; SUB-DOMAINS; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 49549102671     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130802319078     Document Type: Article

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