Table of Contents:
  • From mental representations to computation
  • Entailments of the computational theory of mind
  • A framework for studying design
  • Cognitive processes involved in design problem solving
  • A cognitive science analysis of designers' representations
  • Goodman's analysis of symbol systems
  • Virtues of non-notational symbol systems
  • The role of sketching in design problem solving
  • Implications for the computational theory of mind
  • Appendix A Methodological details of study 1: Structure of design problem spaces
  • Appendix B Methodological details of study 2: The role of sketching in design problem solving.