What Is Cognitive Science?

In this richly detailed analysis, Barbara Von Eckardt lays thefoundations for understanding what it means to be a cognitive scientist. Shecharacterizes the basic assumptions that define the cognitive science approach andsystematically sorts out a host of recent and the controversies surrounding them.VonEckardt takes issue with those who argue that there is no agreed-upon researchparadigm and agreed-upon set of assumptions or methods in cognitive science, andwith those who believe that the field should not be so committed. She argues thatthere is indeed a framework of shared commitments that includes basic questionsguiding research, substantive assumptions constraining how those questions are to beanswered, and methodological assumptions about how to find those answers.A BradfordBook