H. Gardner imagined cognitive science as the integration of various disciplines. These disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience and artificial intelligence are represented in his hexagon.

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The science of societies and how the individuals that make up societies interact with one another.

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Cognitive science

- anthropology 
- behavioral sciences
- economics
- human geography
- linguistics
- sociology
- media studies
- musicology
- political science
- psychology
- gender studies

Disciplines in Social science

Gardner's Hexagon

Developed by Edward Titchener, a student of Wilhelm Wundt, structuralism was a school of thought that sought to understand the mind by analyzing its basic components. A key characteristic of this approach was its focus on the contents of mental processes, aiming to identify the fundamental elements of consciousness, rather than investigating the purpose or function of those processes.

Structuralism

Psychology is formally defined as the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. It focuses on understanding how individuals act, think, and feel, along with the underlying cognitive and physiological mechanisms. As a scientific discipline, it seeks to answer fundamental questions about a wide range of human phenomena by relying on empirical evidence rather than common sense.

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