Books tagged: cognitive science

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Essays in Philosophy    by Gerry Stahl
Price: Free! 60860 words. Published on September 28, 2010. .

A collection of philosophical essays about Nietzsche, Heidegger, Marx, electronic music, Adorno and topics in artificial intelligence
Listening: Models and Procedures    by Dr. Richard D. Halley
Price: $9.99 USD. 41950 words. Published on July 11, 2011. .

Learn how to become a much more effective listener. The book describes the listening process in cognitive processing terms and explains them in language that is accessible to the average reader. Knowing how information is processed as you listen can help you become a more effective listener. Later sections describe a set of skills that are critical for the effective listener.
Essay: THE WRITING EFFECT    by Karol Bojnowski
Price: Free! 1670 words. Published on September 13, 2011. .

If you were a fish would you know you lived in water? When it comes to cognitive science the average person shrugs and rolls their eyeballs. It’s hard to care about something that seems so esoteric, but what if I told you your mind was shaped by something so sublime that you’d be hard pressed to grasp the full implications. WARNING, the medium your thoughts swim through IS NOT your own!
21st Century Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Intelligence Papers: Thinking and Writing, Cognitive Science and Intelligence Analysis, Center for the Study of Intelligence    by Progressive Management
Price: $7.99 USD. 22820 words. Published on November 6, 2011. .

The monograph has two parts: first, a survey of cognitive science as we understood it in 1984; second, suggestions for changing the way we do intelligence analysis in light of what the discipline was telling us. The conscious mind cannot track more than about seven cognitive elements at the same time.
Explore your blind spot    by Tom Stafford
Price: Free! 1880 words. Published on December 3, 2011. .

Discover how the mind hides its tracks. This is a short guide to one of the secrets of mind and brain. Find out about the gaps in your vision and how your mind is designed to stop you noticing them.
The Theory of Everything: All the Way Up    by Austin Torney
Price: $0.99 USD. 51180 words. Published on February 24, 2012. .

Everything explained, its source, its Why and How, and then the Where, What, Then and When, leading on up to the Who of being, plus many discussions, and more.
21st Century Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Intelligence Papers: Curing Analytic Pathologies - Pathways to Improved Intelligence Analysis    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 32700 words. Published on March 2, 2012. .

This study was prompted by a growing conviction — shared by others, to be sure — that improving the analytic products delivered by Intelligence Community components had to begin with a critical and thorough appraisal of the way those products are created... The Analytic Pathologies framework yields four insights that are crucial both to accurate diagnosis and to developing effective remedies.