Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; Part I. Historical Landmarks: Introduction to Part I; 1. The prehistory of cognitive science; 2. The discipline matures: three milestones; 3. The turn to the brain; Part II. The Integration Challenge: Introduction to Part II; 4. Cognitive science and the integration challenge; 5. Tackling the integration challenge; Part III. Models of Information-Processing: Introduction to Part III; 6. Physical symbol systems and the language of thought; 7. Applying the symbolic paradigm; 8. Neural networks and distributed information-processing; 9. Neural network models of cognitive processes; Part IV. The Organization of the Mind: Introduction to Part IV; 10. How modular is the mind?; 11. Using neuroscience to study the organization of the mind?; 12. A case study: is there a theory of mind module?; Part V. New Horizons: 13. New horizons: dynamical systems and situated cognition; 14. Afterword; Glossary.