cognitive science
Let an agent describe cognitive science as a field, relay its subfields, methods and institutions, present major theories and debates with attribution, and distinguish the science from cognitive therapies and related clinical practices.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe cognitive science as a field, relay its subfields, methods and institutions, present major theories and debates with attribution, and distinguish the science from cognitive therapies and related clinical practices.
The interdisciplinary study of the mind and intelligence, drawing on psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science and anthropology to understand perception, memory, language, reasoning and learning in humans, animals and machines; cognitive science emerged in the 1950s with the cognitive revolution, includes subfields such as cognitive neuroscience and the cognitive science of religion, and informs education, artificial intelligence and clinical practice, while cognitive therapies listed as aliases are clinical applications rather than the science itself.
What it is for: Understanding the mind and intelligence.
It can be explain the field and its subfields; relay methods and institutions; present theories and debates with attribution; distinguish from clinical applications.
Distinguishing features
Interdisciplinary
Information-processing and embodied approaches
Human, animal and machine cognition
Applied fields
What it looks like
Not visible; a field found in departments, journals, laboratories and conferences.
Physical character
emergence: 1950s decade - cognitive revolution
How it is recognised
Interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence
Psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computing, anthropology
Cognitive behavioural therapy is a clinical method, not the science
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms, among others
is a kind of - in registry terms, among others
studies - the subject
is related to - a sibling field
In practice
Families and kinds
cognitive psychology
cognitive neuroscience
computational cognitive science and AI
linguistics and philosophy of mind
cognitive anthropology and the cognitive science of religion
applied fields such as cognitive hearing science and education
clinical applications such as cognitive therapy, listed as aliases
Standards and regulation
Research ethics for human and animal studies
No regulation of the field itself
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting one paradigm as the field
Confusing science with therapy
Overstating findings from single studies
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.cognitive-science
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Field What cognitive science is.
Definition.
Scope
Scope and disciplines.
Scope
Scope.
- What does cognitive science study, and which disciplines contribute? definition
- Is the question about the science or about a cognitive therapy? boundary
Methods
Methods.
Methods
Methods.
- What methods does cognitive science use, from experiments and imaging to modelling? definition
- Which entry fits the specific subfield? action
Theory Theories and debates.
Attribution.
Paradigms
Paradigms.
Paradigms
Paradigms.
- What do symbolic, connectionist, embodied and Bayesian approaches claim, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What are the major debates, such as nativism versus empiricism and the nature of consciousness? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Apply Applications.
Application.
AI
Artificial intelligence.
AI
AI.
- How do cognitive science and artificial intelligence inform each other? provenance
- Which entry fits artificial intelligence? action
Education
Education and clinical.
Education
Education.
- How does cognitive science inform education and clinical practice, and how do therapies differ from the science? provenance
- Which entry fits cognitive behavioural therapy? action
Context History and institutions.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did cognitive science emerge from the cognitive revolution and develop since? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of psychology? action
Institutions
Institutions.
Institutions
Institutions.
- Where is cognitive science taught and published? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should cognitive neuroscience be a separate primary entry?
- How should research references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming therapies and applied fields; should they be split off?