Cognitive technologies and the pragmatics of cognition:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. ©2007
Series:Benjamins current topics v. 12
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Item Description:Previously published in Pragmatics & cognition 13:3 (2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cognitive Technologies and the Pragmatics of Cognition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; About the Authors; Gold mines and land mines in cognitive technology; Making faces with computers; Perceptual recalibration in sensory substitution and perceptual modification; Distributed processes, distributed cognizers, and collaborative cognition; Robotics, philosophy and the problems of autonomy; Technology and the management imagination; Information and mechanical models of intelligence; Is cognition plus technology an unbounded system?
Technology has long been a helpful aid in human cognitive activities. With its growing sophistication and usage, technology is now taking a more intrinsic and active role in human cognition. The shift from an external aid to being an internal component of cognitive processing reflects a revolution in technology, cognition, and their interaction. The creation of such 'cognitive technologies' transforms the traditional instrumental function of technology to a constitutive role that shapes and defines cognition itself. This book, which was originally published as a Special Issue of Pragmatics & C.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 184 pages)
ISBN:9027222428
9027292183
9789027222428
9789027292186

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