Cognition distributed : how cognitive technology extends our minds /
Our species has been a maker and user of tools for over two million years, but "cognitive technology" began with language. Cognition is thinking, and thinking has been "distributed" for at least the two hundred millennia that we have been using speech to interact and collaborate,...
| Други автори: | Dror, Itiel E., Harnad, Stevan R. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Benjamins current topics ;
v. 16. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=262806 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cognition distributed. |
| Резюме: |
Our species has been a maker and user of tools for over two million years, but "cognitive technology" began with language. Cognition is thinking, and thinking has been "distributed" for at least the two hundred millennia that we have been using speech to interact and collaborate, allowing us to do collectively far more than any of us could have done individually. The invention of writing six millennia ago and print six centuries ago has distributed cognition still more widely and quickly, among people as well as their texts. But in recent decades something radically new has been happening: Adv. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789027222466 9027222460 9789027289643 9027289646 1282104675 9781282104679 |