COG250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stirrup
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Choices for essay topics: current work on categorization and concepts insight problem solving the nature and function of working memory the nature of general intelligence the nature of human rationality (not being discussed this term) Current work means drawing from psychology journals and books (in the last 10 years or so). This is a cognitive science paper about psychological theory. See lecture 1 notes for everything related to structure of the essay. Thesis statement needs to have reasonable doubt at first. Ex: john is at the party // john is not at the party. The presupposition for each of these statements is that. Let"s step back and look at the structures that these two flawed theories share. Ideas that the prototype theory and classical theory share (presuppositions): Concepts exist to describe the world (functional presupposition) -> vervaeke claims that structure dictates function and vice versa.
