Review
"This important book accomplishes a remarkable feat. It lucidly articulates and critically examines the shared assumptions that define the field of cognitive science at a time when many have come to suspect that cognitive science is a field in name only. This is the book on the foundations of cognitive science."
                                            —Owen Flanagan, Professor of Philosophy, Duke University

Book Description
In this richly detailed analysis, Barbara Von Eckardt lays the foundations for understanding what it means to be a cognitive scientist. She characterizes the basic assumptions that define the cognitive science approach and systematically sorts out a host of recent and the controversies surrounding them.

Von Eckardt takes issue with those who argue that there is no agreed-upon research paradigm and agreed-upon set of assumptions or methods in cognitive science, and with those who believe that the field should not be so committed. She argues that there is indeed a framework of shared commitments that includes basic questions guiding research, substantive assumptions constraining how those questions are to be answered, and methodological assumptions about how to find those answers.

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Book Details
Paperback: 477 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press (March 2, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 026272023X
ISBN-13: 978-0262720236
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds 
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