Cognitive Science

Author: Su Fuzhong
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book is both an academic monograph on the science of thinking and a systematic textbook for the science of thinking. Its theoretical foundation is the theory of cognitive operation and the classification system of thinking. On this basis, it first focuses on exploring the basic logical patterns of thinking: operational thinking, intuitive thinking, imaginative thinking, emotional thinking, and substitutional thinking. Next, it discusses the logical patterns of thinking using natural language: empirical thinking, abstract thinking, and concrete thinking. Then, it examines the pattern-based thinking: dream-based thinking, reality-based thinking, logic-based thinking, meaning-based thinking, and emotion-based thinking. Fourth, it explores three types of purpose-driven thinking: knowledge-seeking thinking, benefit-oriented thinking, and artistic thinking. Finally, it discusses creative thinking. This book has made a series of significant contributions to the field of thinking research, reflecting the cutting-edge levels both domestically and internationally. It can serve as a teaching text for university and graduate students, as well as a reference book for researchers and practitioners in the fields of the science of thinking, psychology, philosophy, humanities, and natural sciences.