[net.news.group] Proposal for net.cogsci

jay@cadre.UUCP (02/21/85)

I propose that a new net group, "net.cogsci" be formed, for discussions
on topics in Cognitive Science.  At present, three related groups do
exist, but their focus is different: net.ai is for AI-related discussions
that are computer science oriented, net.cog-eng focusses on cognitive
engineering aspects (like human-computer interaction), and net.philosophy
restricts itself to philosophical discussions that span even into
religion, ethics, science, etc.
Some of the topics that would be relevant for net.cogsci are:
Cognitive Psychology, Computational Linguistics, philosophical
issues related to cognition, etc.
Of course, nomenclature can be thrashed out.
Any comments?

Jay Ramanathan
Decision Systems Lab
Univ of Pittsburgh
Pgh, PA 15260 
USA

jay@cadre.UUCP (02/23/85)

Earlier, I posted this to net.news.group alone.  I realize now that
maybe it should go to some more relevant groups.  Hence, I repeat my
earlier posting.  (Apologies to those who have seen it already.)

>I propose that a new net group, "net.cogsci" be formed, for discussions
>on topics in Cognitive Science.  At present, three related groups do
>exist, but their focus is different: net.ai is for AI-related discussions
>that are computer science oriented, net.cog-eng focusses on cognitive
>engineering aspects (like human-computer interaction), and net.philosophy
>restricts itself to philosophical discussions that span even into
>religion, ethics, science, etc.
>Some of the topics that would be relevant for net.cogsci are:
>Cognitive Psychology, Computational Linguistics, philosophical
>issues related to cognition, etc.
>Of course, nomenclature can be thrashed out.
>Any comments?
>
>Jay Ramanathan
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