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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Psychology

Background:

  • The cognitive revolution established 'cognition is computation' over 50 years ago.
  • Cognitive science aimed for a cohesive, integrated, multidisciplinary approach to studying the mind.
  • Concerns exist about the field's cohesion and integration over time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To data-inform the current status of cognitive science.
  • To evaluate the transition from a multidisciplinary to an interdisciplinary field.
  • To assess the cohesion and integration within cognitive science.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized four indicators: two bibliometric and two socio-institutional.
  • Analyzed bibliometric data to assess field integration.
  • Examined socio-institutional factors, including curricular consensus.

Main Results:

  • Bibliometric analysis shows cognitive science largely subsumed by psychology.
  • Socio-institutional analysis reveals a striking lack of curricular consensus.
  • Indicators consistently suggest a failure to mature into a coherent interdisciplinary field.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive science has not achieved its goal of an integrated, cohesive scientific field.
  • The field faces challenges in maintaining a distinct identity and unified direction.
  • The future of cognitive science as a distinct enterprise is questioned due to fragmentation.