The science of learning is an ultimate frontier: AI systems learn through pattern recognition and the development of neural nets. We all benefit from the advances in these fields, but will there be a machine-challenge to the human mind? Is it possible to improve and optimize the process of learning in humans? Are schools fulfilling their tasks?

In general, learning consists of developing and improving mental models. Thinking uses symbols, but where do they come from? How is learning connected with the brain?

Overview articles to these questions can be found here, and a list of books will follow soon.

• Learning. Wikipedia Article.

• The Psychology of Learning. Wikipedia article

• Perceptual Learning. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

• Formal Learning Theory. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.