The society of mind
Things that make us smart: defending human attributes in the age of the machine
Things that make us smart: defending human attributes in the age of the machine
Cognitive Technology—technological cognition
AI & Society
Artificial Life III
Artificial Life II
Humane Interfaces: Questions of Method and Practice in Cognitive Technology
Humane Interfaces: Questions of Method and Practice in Cognitive Technology
Work-Oriented Design of Computer Artifacts
Work-Oriented Design of Computer Artifacts
Fact and Artifact: Reification and Drift in the History and Growth of Interactive Software Systems
CT '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind
CT '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind
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This paper discusses the toll aspect of the cognitive artifacts often referred to as 'instnunents of mind'. Having established the basic distinction between tool and instrument, the authors then go on to review the notion of artifact itself, and discuss the potential for mind change that is inherent in the use of 'mental' instruments such as the computer. It is pointed out that the relationship between the mind and its instruments is a dialectic one, and that the 'reflexivity' inherent in this relationship constitutes the very nature of our interaction with cognitive instruments, such as it is studied in Cognitive Technology.