Comparative approaches to cognitive science

Abstract

Part 1 Introductory issues: comparative approaches to cognitive science, Herbert L. Roitblat the animal approach to cognitive science, Jean-Arcady Meyer creative creatures, Margaret A. Boden. Part 2 Intentions and the organization of behaviour: animal behaviour in four components, Bartlett W. Mel intentionality - natural and artificial, Colin Allen do animals have beliefs?, Daniel C. Dennett cognitive ethology and the explanation of nonhuman animal behaviour, Marc Bekoff perceptual control theory, W. Thomas Bourbon. Part 3 Representation: natural and relational concepts in animals, Roger K.R. Thompson the integration of content with context - spatiotemporal encoding and episodic memories in people and animals, Julie J. Neiworth spatial information processing in animals, Catherine Thinus-Blanc complex adaptive systems as intuitive statisticians - causality, contingency and prediction, Patricia W. Cheng and Keith J. Holyoak. Part 4 Memory and attention: a model of the brain and the memory system, J. Delacour factors in visual attention eliciting manual pointing in human infancy, George Butterworth. Part 5 Communication: language and animal communication - parallels and contrasts, Christopher S. Evans and Peter Marler toward the acquisition of language and the evolution of communication - a synthetic approach, Michael G. Dyer. Part 6 Motivation and emotion: opportunity versus goals in robots, animals and people, David McFarland animal motivation and cognition, Frederick Toates cognition and emotion in animals and machines, J.R.P. Halperin emotions in robots, Nico H. Frijda.