Cognitive Science
3 posts tagged with “Cognitive Science”
Research Updates
From Cognitive Frameworks to Geometric Formalism
The previous posts in this series established that services involve objects with properties, events that change those properties, and systems in which those events unfold. The next question is...
Metaphors We Think With: How Language Shapes Understanding
This post was originally written in August 2022. It has since been revised to include a cross-reference to the later conceptual spaces post, where Gärdenfors's geometric framework was explored in...
What is a Concept? Perspectives from Design, Cognitive Science, and Social Theory
In my previous post on conceptual modelling as design method, I articulated an approach to making visible the conceptual structures that underpin complex sociotechnical systems. What I did not...