CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reductionism, Physis
26 Oct 2016
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Cognitive science specializes in the particular level of explanation which is known as the cognitive level. Using running example of learning that is used for each level. Food ta(cid:271)oos for preg(cid:374)a(cid:374)t (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d help redu(cid:272)e (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)es for fish poiso(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. An individual might notice that after eating a certain type of food illness. Cognitive theory: mind is responsible for information processing and call them productions. When something good or bad happens, the productions used to get to that state of affairs are made more or less likely to fire in the future. Deals with information and how it is processed. Information is passed from neuron to neuron passing through the synapse. Synaptic changes in taste receptors to tolerate bitter foods. Possibly that quantum effects are directly related to consciousness cs not serious about this level. Make causal predictions using the ontology of that level. Ontology is defined as a set of things said to exist.
