Can I read Mental Models: Towards a Cognitive Science of Language, Inference, and Consciousness (Cognitive Science Series) on EtoBox?

Mental Models: Towards a Cognitive Science of Language, Inference, and Consciousness (Cognitive Science Series) by Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird is a psychology available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mental Models: Towards a Cognitive Science of Language, Inference, and Consciousness (Cognitive Science Series) about?

This book offers a unified theory of the major propertries of mind, including comprehension, inference, and consciousness. The author argues that we apprehend the world by building inner mental replicas of the relationships among objects and events that concern us. The mind is essentially a model-building device that can itself be modeled on a computer. The book provides a blueprint for building such a model and numberous important illustrations of how to do it.

Who reads Mental Models: Towards a Cognitive Science of Language, Inference, and Consciousness (Cognitive Science Series)?

Author

Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird

Publisher

Cambridge University Press; Harvard University Press

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674568815

Category

psychology

Subjects

Linguistics, Science, Medical

Updated

2026-03-25