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Although Cognitive Science is a relatively new field at the forefront of the information technology explosion, many of the problems it looks at have been around for over 2000 years since the time of great philosophers and scientists like Confucius and Aristotle. What is the nature of thought? How do we reason? What is consciousness? How do we learn and use language? Do one person's words mean the same as another's? If so, how? If not, then how do we understand each other? How do we recognize shapes and faces?