Computational Epistemology Lab

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Introduction

The Computational Epistemology Lab (CEL) in room 3289 of PAS, headed by Professor Paul Thagard of the Department of Philosophy, the University of Waterloo, is a facility for research into Cognitive Science and related areas of Philosophy. This page contains information about the members of the CEL and about their activities, including preprints, abstracts, and bibliographies.

Things to see on this page
Areas of current research Talks and courses of interest CEL members
Software archived here Bibliographies Other Cognitive Science sites
***NEW: Cognitive Science Option
Also, here's a note about file formats in use at this site.

Areas of current research

CEL members are doing research into lots of different, interesting things, including:
  • Analogical reasoning;
  • Learning and decision making;
  • Mind and culture;
  • Non-linear models of mind;
  • Philosophy of Science and Mathematics;
  • Visual abductive reasoning in archaeology (Preprint - Compressed PostScript)

    • Talks and courses

    A Cognitive Science undergraduate option is available for UW undergrads.

    CEL Members

  • Allison Barnes;
  • Chris Eliasmith;
  • Paul Rusnock;
  • Cameron Shelley;
  • Paul Thagard.

    • Software

    Here is the software which is archived at this site:
    MacECHO (LISP version)
    Macintosh ECHO system software (228 K) in binhexed StuffIt format.
    MacECHO (C version)
    Macintosh ECHO system software (448 K) in binhexed Stuffit format.
    DECO (LISP version)
    DECO system software (108 K) in binhexed Stuffit format.

    Bibliographies

    Constraint satisfaction (HTML or Compressed PostScript):
    Parallel constraint satisfaction models of high level cognition;
    Non-linear dynamics (HTML):
    Chaos theory and non-linear models of mind;
    Abductive inference (HTML):
    Abductive reasoning or hypothesis generation from Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence;
    Visual mental imagery (HTML):
    Visual mental imagery (the "mind's eye"), especially as it applies to inference.
    Feel free to email any contributions to cpshelle@watarts.uwaterloo.ca.

    Other Cognitive Science sites

    The following sites contain listings of many WWW pages of interest to Cognitive Science.
  • AI, Cognitive Science and Robotics Index;
  • Artificial Intelligence Subject Index;
  • Cognitive and Psychological Sciences Index.
    • Please email comments to cpshelle@watarts.uwaterloo.ca.
    Last updated Sept. 16, 1996 / cpshelle@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
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