Principles of Synthetic Intelligence PSI: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition
Joscha Bach
Abstract
Although computational models of cognition have become very popular, these models are relatively limited in their coverage of cognition—they usually only emphasize problem solving and reasoning, or treat perception and motivation as isolated modules. The first architecture to cover cognition more broadly is the Psi theory, developed by Dietrich Dörner. By integrating motivation and emotion with perception and reasoning, and including grounded neuro-symbolic representations, the Psi contributes significantly to an integrated understanding of the mind. It provides a conceptual framework that hig ... More
Although computational models of cognition have become very popular, these models are relatively limited in their coverage of cognition—they usually only emphasize problem solving and reasoning, or treat perception and motivation as isolated modules. The first architecture to cover cognition more broadly is the Psi theory, developed by Dietrich Dörner. By integrating motivation and emotion with perception and reasoning, and including grounded neuro-symbolic representations, the Psi contributes significantly to an integrated understanding of the mind. It provides a conceptual framework that highlights the relationships between perception and memory, language and mental representation, reasoning and motivation, emotion and cognition, autonomy and social behavior. So far, the Psi theory's origin in psychology, its methodology, and its lack of documentation have limited its impact. This book adapts the Psi theory to cognitive science and artificial intelligence, by elucidating both its theoretical and technical frameworks, and clarifying its contribution to how we have come to understand cognition.
Keywords:
computational models,
cognition,
Psi theory,
Dietrich Dörner,
neuro-symbolic representations,
cognitive science,
artificial intelligence
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195370676 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195370676.001.0001 |
