Mental models
Subtitle: towards a cognitive science of language, inference, and consciousness
By: P.N. Johnson-Laird.
Series: Cognitive science series ;; 6
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
Subjects: Psycholinguistics; Inference; Consciousness; Cognitive science
Description: This book offers a unified theory of the major propertries of mind, including comprehension, inference, and consciousness. The author argues that we apprehend the world by building inner mental replicas of the relationships among objects and events that concern us. The mind is essentially a model-building device that can itself be modeled on a computer. The book provides a blueprint for building such a model and numberous important illustrations of how to do it.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 481-500.
Includes indexes.