Course 6-9: Computation and Cognition | Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Whether or not we come to understand “intelligence” any time soon, we do have a major challenge on our hands in bringing together computers and humans in ways that enhance human life. While this challenge is viewed by some as subservient to the creation of “artificial intelligence,” it can also be viewed more prosaically — but with no less reverenc... See more

Cognitive Science needs an interdisciplinary approach – it needs to derive insights from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, computer science, linguistics, etc.

The reason for this is that this cluster of fields of knowledge is interdependent on each other (the brain level affects the behaviour level, the behaviour level affects the behaviour of other brains...), and no single discipline is sufficient to answer the questions posed in Cognitive Science