What is Cognitive Science?

What is Cognitive Science? How can we unlock the secrets of the mind? What even is a mind? In this first lecture from Cognitive Science - A Multidisciplinary Introduction, we’ll get into how cognitive scientists approach the science of the mind! 0:00 - What is cognitive science? 1:03 - What is a mind? 4:22 - Cognitive science is interdisciplinary 7:25 - Information processing 9:33 - Functionalism 13:33 - The multiple realizability thesis 15:27 - The computer metaphor 17:23 - Reductionism 18:48 - Wrapping up 20:48 - Key concepts Sources: Friedenberg & Silverman (2021). Cognitive Science: An introduction to the study of the mind. Chapter 1. Adriaans (2020). Information. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Bickle (2020). Multiple realizability. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.