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Short Biography Of Kenneth Craik
Dr. Kenneth James William Craik was born in Edinburgh. He Earned his doctorate from Cambridge University in 1940. He passed from an early death from a fatal accident were a motorist struck him on is bicycle. He was an early contributor to cognitive science. -
The Nature of Explanation
A mental model is a psychological term which refers to the mental illustration that explains a person's thoughts and behaviors. The first model was explained and illustrated in Dr. Craik's work the Nature of Explanation. This book and mental model would help lay the foundation for cognitive science. -
Cognitive Science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of the mind and intelligence embracing philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. This type of study was not widely accepted until the mid 1950's . There were a few scientists, including K.J.W. Craik, that their research and writings helped to pave the way for this interdisciplinary study. -
Warren McCulloch
Warren McCulloch held Dr. Craik's work in very high regard. Many believe that W. McCulloch's work was very much influenced by Dr. Craik's work. Whether or not this is true could be debated. What is known for a fact is W. McCulloch did help spread Dr. Craik's work and his reputation, which would lead to Dr. Craik being known as one of the founding fathers of cybernetics. -
The Nature of Psychology: A Selection of Papers, Essays and Other Writings by Kenneth J. W. Craik
Due to his unforeseen and unexpected early death, Dr. Craik left a lot of his work unpublished. Dr. Stephen L. Sherwood took the time to sort and get some of Dr. Craik's work published post mortem. Within this book, included a draft of 'Mechanism of Human Action', which had many ideas on learning, thinking, decision-making, and different models of brain mechanisms. -
