Sökning: "Cognition and context"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 95 avhandlingar innehållade orden Cognition and context.
1. Context : The abstract term for the concrete
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the term 'context' and the aim has been to reason about the term in order to see whether it is possible to reach a satisfactory understanding of the concept. But the thesis is also a journey into human reasoning and conveys a certain view of human cognition. LÄS MER
2. Cognition and Cultural Context : An Inquiry into Gadamer's Theory of Context-Dependence
Sammanfattning : This study deals with the problem of the context-dependence of thought, as dealt with by the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002). Gadamer stresses what he sees as the difficulty of bringing to awareness and criticising influences which preserve such dependence, and the role of traditions (Überlieferungen) in this regard. LÄS MER
3. Cognition Rehearsed : Recognition and Reproduction of Demonstrated Behavior
Sammanfattning : The work presented in this dissertation investigates techniques for robot Learning from Demonstration (LFD). LFD is a well established approach where the robot is to learn from a set of demonstrations. The dissertation focuses on LFD where a human teacher demonstrates a behavior by controlling the robot via teleoperation. LÄS MER
4. Childhood Bilingualism and Reading Difficulties : Insights from Cognition and Pedagogy
Sammanfattning : We are living in a world in which bi/multilingualism has become commonplace within everyday life for a great number of people. Research has shown that bilingualism produces various cognitive consequences. These effects are generally seen as positive and contributing to an enhanced level of cognitive processing. LÄS MER
5. Estranging Cognition : Feminist Science Fiction and the Borders of Reason
Sammanfattning : This study explores the intersections of three different fields: feminism, science fiction, and epistemology. It argues that as a genre, science fiction is dependent on epistemological discourses that have their roots in the stories and self-images of modern science. LÄS MER