rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU (William J. Rapaport) (12/01/89)
SUNY Buffalo
Center for Cognitive Science
presents
CHARLES O. FRAKE
Samuel P. Capen Professor
Department of Anthropology
SUNY Buffalo
WHERE DO DIRECTIONS COME FROM?
FROM INFORMATION PROCESSING TO THE DISPLAY OF KNOWLEDGE
IN REAL-WORLD SPATIAL ORIENTATION
Attempts to understand ethnographic and historical data on diverse mari-
time navigational systems have uncovered several curious puzzles whose
solution requires attention to some major problems confronting all stu-
dents of human cognition. These problems concern mental models, their
representations, technological embodiments, ecological applications,
social uses, and cultural sources. A discussion of these problems
informs the larger issue of identifying the sources of uniformity and
variation in human cognitive systems. It also makes an argument for the
practicality and utility (and enjoyment) of investigations of non-
artificial intelligence.
Thursday, December 7, 1989
4:00 P.M.
280 Park Hall, Amherst Campus
For further information, contact Erwin Segal, Department of Psychology,
716-636-3675, segal@cs.buffalo.edu, or William J. Rapaport, Department of
Computer Science, 716-636-3193, rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu