A Study of Thinking

ISBN-13: 9780887386565 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 350 str.

Jerome S. Bruner; Jacqueline J. Goodnow; George A. Austin

Opis

A Study of Thinking is a pioneering account of how human beings achieve a measure of rationality in spite of the constraints imposed by bias, limited attention and memory, and the risks of error imposed by pressures of time and ignorance. First published in 1956 and hailed at its appearance as a groundbreaking study, it is still read three decades later as a major contribution to our understanding of the mind. In their insightful new introduction, the authors relate the book to the cognitive revolution and its handmaiden, artificial intelligence.

Spis treści

Preface to the 1986 Edition, Preface (1956), 1. Introduction, 2. On Attributes and Concepts, 3. The Process of Concept Attainment, 4. Selection Strategies in Concept Attainment, 5. Reception Strategies in Concept Attainment, 6. On Disjunctive Concepts and Their Attainment, 7. On Categorizing With ProbabiJistic Cues, 8. An Overview, Appendix Language and Categories. By Roger W. Brown, Bibliography

O autorze

Jerome Bruner