SHORT HISTORY OF COGSCI

While cognitive science has deep roots in long
standing philosophical traditions, the modern 
origins of the field, per se, can be traced to 
synergies which emerged between the fields of 
psychology and artificial intelligence in the 
1950s.

Revolutionary work in the field of structural
linguistics and dramatic advances in research 
on vision throughout the 1950s and 1960s helped 
to propel "the mind's new science" into the 
limelight of intellectual pursuit. 

The 1960s, 1970s and 1980s saw the biological 
sciences, most notably evolutionary biology and 
neuroscience, exert their influence as controversial 
ideas associated with genetic algorithms and neural 
networks developed into powerful discipline shaping 
forces. 

More recently, cultural anthropologists, cognitive 
musicologists, and many others are playing ever more 
substantial roles in helping to advance our 
understanding of the mysteries of the mind. 

Last but not least, the field of philosophy has, 
vigilantly examined and reexamined issues pertaining 
to metaphysics and the nature of knowledge in light 
of accruing insights.