The Cognition Project
Tom Griffiths
How can we study the mind, something we can never see or touch? This podcast tells the story of how psychologists, neuroscientists, computer scientists, linguists, and philosophers worked together to create a new science of the mind. Each episode is an interview with one of the people who played a role in this process, providing an oral history of cognitive science. Created and hosted by Tom Griffiths, professor of psychology and computer science at Princeton University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 37min
Taking a New Look at the Mind: Jerome Bruner
The Cognition Project is an oral history of cognitive science. Created and hosted by Tom Griffiths, the head of Princeton’s AI Lab and a professor of psychology and computer science.The first story in the series is that of Jerome Bruner, who was really the person who helped to launch the cognitive revolution. In the first half of the 20th century, psychologists decided that if they wanted to be scientists they should study behavior and its causes rather than subjective impressions and mental states. Bruner intentionally ran experiments that revealed the limits of this approach and started to show how mathematical ideas could be used to create a rigorous science of the mind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
