Cognitive Science Book Club!

I was first introduced to Cognitive Science during the 2nd year of my undergraduate degree. At that point in time, I was neck-deep in the sport psychology literature and didn't pay much heed to the exact details of my cogsci module. It was only later on, after being introduced to J.J. Gibson's Ecological Psychology, did I come to fully appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of studying human cognition and behaviour. To a certain extent, I'd identify myself as an ecologically-oriented student of cognitive science. Funnily enough, that cognitive science module was where I first encountered Gibson AND Helmholtz, the funny part being that their work on optic flow and outflow respectively were combined to explain vection (the experience of self-motion when one is, in reality, not moving).

And this is where this cognitive science book club comes in! Even as I dive deeper into the eco psych literature, I'd also like to have a well-rounded foundation in the more traditional and popular ways of studying human cognition. The goal here is to get a general sense of what cogsci is about and to familiarise myself with how the field came to be. A quick google search brought me to José Luis Bermúdez's Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of Mind, so that's what I'll be working through in the upcoming weeks. 

Roughly, I'll try to summarise each chapter that I come across and also input some thoughts that I have along the way. I have no idea where this is going to go, or how exactly I should be approaching this, but I guess that's what makes learning so exciting in the first place! Happy reading!