The seminar today
1. Discuss each others texts, give each other feedback on
content and structure, and go through answers to the questions
(especially the first question) - I will walk around listening and
answer questions if you have any
2. At 14:10 I will talk about common errors in your texts, and add
content from the discussions (have your break before)
3. Time for questions in group, individually or more discussions
in groups
4. Your will receive an e-mail with written feedback before 18:00.
Recommended to share the feedback within your groups.
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Sending texts to each other
1. Your comments in e-mail should also be included in the text
2. ...this is also true for names and contact information!
3. Handing in unfinished texts for comments:
a. Common both within in academia and in working life (not
everywhere)
b. Mark when you think parts are messy or unfinished
c. Try to mark "empty" parts with what you intend to write
!
Many have done all this
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Form and content
For form, language, disposition etc. see
individual comments in your feedback
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...a guick note on form
What is relevant for answering the questions
Everything on PSS? No.
Everything on distributed cognition according to Hutchins? No.
You need that space to be more specific what you mean, and to
have better arguments for your own opinions
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Chinese room interpretation
The system reply to Searle (Berkeley)
The sociocultural system intepretation (Hutchins)
Hutchins (1995, p.362)
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Hutchins opinions on Turing
Hutchins does not
say that he thinks
Turing did it wrong.
But he says that
cognitive science
went wrong using
Turing's model to
understand human
cognition.
Hutchins (1995, p.361)
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Hutchins opinions on Turing
Hutchins does not
say that he thinks
Turing did it wrong.
But he says that
cognitive science
went wrong using
Turing's model to
understand human
cognition.
Hutchins (1995, p.363)
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Gardner's thoughts
Hutchins does not say that Gardner had any opinions
on the neglect of culture etc.
Gardner gives an historical account of cognitive
science
Hutchins (1995, p.353)
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Hutchins opinions on symbolsystems
Hutchins is not against the notion of symbol systems, the
basic idea of the PSS-hypothesis, or computational accounts
of cognition. Instead he uses it to describe something more
than just individual cognition.
From Kenny's slides lecture 6
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Cause and consequences
One error (that can
be described in
different ways).
Several consequences.
Not several errors
(despite that several
things are wrong)
Often it is a matter of rephrasing parts of your
text and/or reorganzing
your texts
Hutchins (1995, p.365)
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...consequences (not the error)
Neglect of culture: that is what the chapter is about but not what the
question is (necessarily) about
Neglect of bodily interactions: that is what Turing did according to Dennet
and a consequence but not the main error commited by cognitive science
Focus on individual: a problem but still a consequence of taking
computers as the model for human internal cognition (the error)
Etc...
Consequences for form: do not form your disposition from one of these
consequences!
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How should cognition be studied?
Don't forget to elaborate on this
...and use Hollan, Hutchins & Kirsh (2000) to do so.
Conclusion: lab-studies are not all-bad!
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See also previous lecture
Hand in final version next friday (not monday this time)
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