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Philosophy of Cognitive Science - Final Exam Questions and Answers
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Philosophy of Cognitive Science - FinalExam Questions and Answers
algorithm - Answers -a step-by-step sequence of rules that are followed to achieve
some result.
artificial neural network - Answers -a collection of interconnected units which process
information in a brain-like way.
atomic representation - Answers -a mental representation that has no parts. Example:
"John" in
"John loves Mary."
attractor - Answers -a state such that any trajectory passing close by will be drawn
towards it.
behaviorism - Answers -the view that psychology as a science must focus on
observable behavior.
bifurcation - Answers -a change that occurs for certain values of a control parameter,
whereby the phase portrait of a dynamical system is changed in a significant way.
cognitive architecture - Answers -the set of intrinsic or "primitive" operations available to
a system.
cognitive penetrability - Answers -a cognitive phenomenon is penetrable if it can be
altered by
changing one's beliefs and goals.
complex representation - Answers -a mental representation that has parts. Example:
"John loves Mary", which has "John", "loves" and "Mary" as parts.
compatibilism - Answers -the view that determinism and free will are compatible.
compositionality - Answers -the meaning of a whole representation is made or
"composed" out of the meanings of its parts.
consequentialism - Answers -an ethical theory according to which actions should be
taken which maximize overall utility.
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