Description
This text is a condensation of a large body of work concerning human learning carried out over a period of more than five years by Dr Sun and his collaborators. The volume is concerned with a broad framework for studying human cognition based on an approach that is characterized by its focus on the dichotomy of, and the interaction between, explicit and implicit cognition and a computational model that implements this framework. In this work, a broad, generic computational model was developed that substantiates Dr Sun’s framework and enables the testing of his theoretical approach in a variety of ways. With this model, simulation results were matched with data of human cognition in a variety of different domains. Formal (mathematical and computational) analyses were also carried out to further explore the model and its numerous implementation details. Furthermore, this volume addresses some of the most significant theoretical issues, such as symbol grounding, intentionality, social cognition, consciousness, and other theoretical issues in relation to the framework. The general framework and the model developed should generate insights into these theoretical issues.
