About the Cognitive Science Program
The Cognitive Science Program’s mission is to provide interdisciplinary, high-quality training to undergraduate and graduate students in the science of the human mind that prepares students to tackle global and multicultural challenges.
Cognitive science is the study of how intelligent beings (including people, animals, and machines) perceive, act, know, and think.
It explores the process and content of thought as observed in individuals, distributed through communities, manifested in the structure and meaning of language, modeled by algorithms, and contemplated by philosophies of mind.
Its models are formulated using concepts drawn from many disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, logic, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy, and they are tested using evidence from psychological experiments, clinical studies, field studies, computer simulations, and neurophysiological observation.
Upcoming Events
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Nov
6
Brown Bag Seminar: Katie Peters 12:00pm
Brown Bag Seminar: Katie Peters
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
12:00 PM
A brown bag is a one hour, generally (though not exclusively) intra-departmental colloquium, starting with a twenty to twenty five minute talk by a faculty member or graduate student, filled from there to the end with lively questions and answers.
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Nov
7
Philosophy Department Colloquium: Dr. Gary Mar (Stony Brook) 12:00pm
Philosophy Department Colloquium: Dr. Gary Mar (Stony Brook)
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
AACC, Student Union
How did a philosopher of logic get involved in building an Asian American Center at a Public Research 1 University and in getting Asian American Philosophy within the American Philosophical Association? This lecture will tell this unlikely story through a docu-memoir of photos, film, music, and meetings with remarkable history makers. How can the critical lenses of Asian American history, culture, politics, and philosophy help us to imagine fresh possibilities and cultivate hope for the future for our nation?
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Nov
7
Philosophy Department Colloquium: Dr. Gary Mar (Stony Brook) 4:00pm
Philosophy Department Colloquium: Dr. Gary Mar (Stony Brook)
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Susan V. Herbst Hall (Formerly Oak Hall)
Harvard University bestowed upon Kurt Gödel an honorary doctorate “for the discovery of the most significant mathematical truth of the century.” John von Neumann regarded him as the greatest “logician since Aristotle,” the only mathematician who was “absolutely irreplaceable.” His friend Einstein liked to say that eh went to the Institute of Advanced Studies “um das Privileg zu haben, mit Gödel zu Fuss nach Hause gehen zu dürfen.” This talk reports on progress made toward using animated logic puzzles, AI, and digital pedagogy to introduce a new generation to Gödel’s Theorems.
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Nov
8
Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons 2:00pm
Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons
Friday, November 8th, 2024
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Walter Childs Wood Hall
Join Saxaphonist and historian Ben Barson as he talks with Center for Popular Music director Jeffrey Ogbar about his new book, “Brassroots Democracy,” which recasts the birth of jazz, unearthing vibrant narratives of New Orleans musicians to reveal how early jazz was inextricably tied to the mass mobilization of freedpeople during Reconstruction and the decades that followed.
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