Re: Ideas for M.A. thesis in Cognitive Science


"Glen M. Sizemore" <gmsizemore2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Derrek Wood" <a7i5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > My guess is that most people who would have what this person asked for,
> > that
> > is, a really good MA thesis etc, would likely keep it to themselves, as
> > they'd probably want to do it.
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>
> I'm not so sure of that. Anyone that already has advanced degrees would
> likely help out a "youngster."
>

That I'm not so sure of. If it's a good MA thesis, it may be of use in the
'real-world'... or at least another Document that will likely get put in a
Journal somewhere if you're lucky.
>

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> >
> > The other reason no one likely answered is the only likely non-'No'
answer
> > consists of ridicule for even asking the original answer... so people
> > choose
> > to remain silent.
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> I did answer with a question: "Don't you have an advisor?" This is
> especially relevant to a Master's which is supposed to only demonstrate
> research competence, and a project is, frequently, simply assigned to a
> student. A situation in which a student that is ready to start work on a
> Master's project needs to solicit advice on the Internet does not seem
> right.
>
>

hmm.. didn't see a response from you, must have deleted it with the original
post. It was a good question though.

Derrek

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> G.
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> >
> > Derrek
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> > "Terry Nycum" <tjnycum@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:dh8a3q$2tsm$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> I'm just an undergraduate, but seeing as no one else has responded,
maybe
> >> what little I can offer would be better than nothing. I can't see much
> >> overlap between those fields at the level of theory. The only thing
that
> >> comes to mind for CS/Phil would be something like number theory or
logic.
> >> For CS/CogPsych I could only suggest AI. Or maybe you aren't thinking
of
> >> theory at all, but instead of developing software for modeling
something
> > in
> >> Phil or CogPsych? I'm sure there are endless possibilities for that
(i.e.
> >> logic proof-writing/editing/solving environment, modeler of
> > decision-making,
> >> etc). Hope I was somehow helpful!
> >>
> >> Terry
> >>
> >> "Emre Sevinc" <emres@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:87mzm52nun.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> > After taking tons of linguistics, AI, pyschology, cognitive
psychology,
> >> > and philosophy courses, now I'm in the position of
> >> > starting to write a master thesis.
> >> >
> >> > However I still couldn't make up my mind on what to
> >> > study exactly. I wish to do something in the intersection
> >> > of comp. sci./philosophy or comp.sci./cognitive psychology.
> >> >
> >> > I'd appreciate if people would provide some interesting
> >> > ideas/topics suitable for master thesis research. The more
> >> > specific the better. I also work as a professional programmer
> >> > so I intend to do some kind of study in which using
> >> > computers can be beneficial to understand some aspects
> >> > of cognitive science. (HCI is one of those fields however
> >> > as I said before, be it HCI or some other field I need
> >> > to find some specific topic/question to start).
> >> >
> >> > Maybe someone can help in some way.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Emre Sevinc
> >> >
> >> > eMBA Software Developer Actively engaged in:
> >> > http:www.bilgi.edu.tr http://ileriseviye.org
> >> > http://www.bilgi.edu.tr http://fazlamesai.net
> >> > Cognitive Science Student http://cazci.com
> >> > http://www.cogsci.boun.edu.tr
> >>
> >>
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