Cognition and technology co-existence, convergence, and co-evolution (J. Benjamins Pub., 2004)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Cognition and Technology; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; References; Part I. Theoretical issues; Towards a science of the bio-technological mind; Language as a cognitive technology; Relevance, goal management and cognitive technology; Robots as cognitive tools; The origins of narrative; The semantic web; Part II. Applications; Cognition and body image; Looking under the rug; BodyMoves and tacit knowing; Gaze aversion and the primacy of emotional dysfunction in autism; Communicating sequential activities; Part III. Coda; "The end of the Dreyfus affair."
This new collection of contributions to the field of Cognitive Technology (CT) provides the (to date) widest spectrum of the state of the art in the discipline -- a disciple dedicated to humane factors in tool design. The reader will find here a summary of past research as well as an overview of new areas for future investigations. The collection contains an extensive CT agenda identifying many as yet unsolved, CT-related, design issues. An exciting new development is the concept of 'natural technology'. Some examples of natural technologies are discussed and the merits of empirical investigati