COGNITIVE MODEL
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 477 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
A cognitive model is in fact an intricate array of interconnected functional characteristics of the human brain directed at the understanding of so-called “reality ”. The model would depend on specific modes of perception ; ways to construct internal frames of references ; memory (a set of devices to store such frames in a more or less permanent way);; probably inner imaging and languages to communicate with other observers .
The comparative value of different cognitive models is a controversial matter under at least three aspects:
- Different cultures understand cognition in different ways. Acupuncture and ayurvedic medicine are examples as compared to western medicine
- Religion based models of cognition cannot be equated to rational and scientific models. There are no unquestionable comparative evaluations of bouddhist psychology, hindouist yoga, coranic or christian teachings
- Even scientific cognitive models have evolved deeply in the western world for example from rational and linear causality and Cartesian method to-let us say-cybernetic nonlinearity , so called holism , autopoietic closure , Popperian refutation and/or Heisenberg's indeterminacy (among others)
See also
Three R'of hard sciences