Sketches of Thought

Vinod Goel argues that the cognitive computational conception of the world requires our thought processes to be precise, rigid, discrete, and unambiguous; yet there are dense, ambiguous, and amorphous symbol systems, like sketching, painting, and poetry, found in the arts and much of everyday discourse that have an important, nontrivial place in cognition.

About the author

Vinod Goel is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University, Canada.

Summary

Vinod Goel argues that the cognitive computational conception of the world requires our thought processes to be precise, rigid, discrete, and unambiguous; yet there are dense, ambiguous, and amorphous symbol systems, like sketching, painting, and poetry, found in the arts and much of everyday discourse that have an important, nontrivial place in cognition.

Product details

• Authors: Vinod Goel, Vinod (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Goel, Vinod (York University) Goel
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.1995
• EAN: 9780262519755
• ISBN: 978-0-262-51975-5
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: A Bradford Book; Sketches of Thought; The MIT Press; The MIT Press; A Bradford Book; Bradford Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works