Problem Solving: Cognitive Mechanisms and Formal Models

ISBN-13: 9781009205566 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Zygmunt Pizlo

Opis

The first textbook on how problem-solving really works, explaining how abstract thinking leads to physical action directed towards a goal.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Problem solving – definition of the main concepts; 2. Animal problem solving: innovative use of tools; 3. Modern research on the human's ability to solve problems that have large spaces; 4. The exponential pyramid representation that compensates for the exponentially-large problem spaces; 5. Heuristic function, distance and direction in solving problems; 6. Insight and creative thinking; 7. Inference in perception. Perceptual representation: a rejoinder to insight; 8. Cognitive inference. Mental representations; 9. Theory of Mind (ToM); 10. Solving problems in physics and mathematics; 11. Summary and conclusions.