The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)
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Author: Robert A. Wilson PhD
Paperback:
Publisher: A Bradford Book
ISBN 10: 9780262731447
ISBN 13: 978-0262731447
Hardcover:
Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN 10: 0262232006
ISBN 13: 978-0262232005
Since the 1970s the cognitive sciences have offered multidisciplinary ways of understanding the mind and cognition. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS) is a landmark, comprehensive reference work that represents the methodological and theoretical diversity of this changing field. At the core of the encyclopedia are 471 concise entries, from Acquisition and Adaptationism to Wundt and X-bar Theory. Each article, written by a leading researcher in the field, provides an accessible introduction to an important concept in the cognitive sciences, as well as references or further readings. Six extended essays, which collectively serve as a roadmap to the articles, provide overviews of each of six major areas of cognitive science: Philosophy; Psychology; Neurosciences; Computational Intelligence; Linguistics and Language; and Culture, Cognition, and Evolution. For both students and researchers, MITECS will be an indispensable guide to the current state of the cognitive sciences.
Review
The Cognitive Sciences emerged in recognition of the fact that scholars and scientists in many different fields shared common problems and needed to collaborate. Now at last The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences has provided a forum large enough for that interaction to occur–a forum that will not only facilitate cooperation but will educate a new generation of cognitive scientists.
―
George Miller,
Professor of Psychology Emeritus,Princeton University
Review
Among the human mind's proudest accomplishments is the invention of a science dedicated to understanding itself: cognitive science. In less than fifty years, deep mysteries of antiquity have been brought into the lab and captured in rigorous theories. This volume is an authoritative guide to this exhilarating new body of knowledge, written by the experts, edited with skill and good judgment. If we were to leave a time capsule for the next millennium with records of the great achievements of civilization, this volume would have to be in it.
―
Steve Pinker, Professor of Psychology, MIT, and author of
How the Mind Works and The Language Instinct
About the Author
Robert A. Wilson is Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe University, the author of Genes and the Agents of Life, and coeditor of The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences and of Explanation and Cognition (MIT Press). He directed the project that built EugenicsArchive.ca and is a director and the executive producer of the documentary Surviving Eugenics.
Frank C. Keil is Professor of Psychology at Yale University.
