Cognitive Science / Symbolic Systems at LACs

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<p>What should really raise your suspicions is that several different people are independently informing you, some more bluntly than others, that a soft, “science lite” approach to cog sci is little more than an expensive form of personal entertainment. If you are looking for a philosophy curriculum minus the classics, an interdisciplinary humanities track without the heavy reading and writing load, or a buzz-filled substitute for hard science, then this is certainly possible at many places under a cog sci rubric, but it is a dead end. Cellardweller’s postings, in particular, were very realistic.</p>