▁is ▁something ▁beyond ▁sens ory ▁experience ▁that ▁cont ributes ▁to ▁human ▁knowledge . ▁However , ▁whether ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁position ▁on ▁language ▁fits ▁into ▁the ▁traditional ▁rational ist ▁approach ▁has ▁been ▁question ed ▁by ▁phil os opher ▁John ▁Cot ting ham . ▁ ▁George ▁Miller , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁scient ists ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁cogn itive ▁revolution , ▁sets ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁its ▁beginning ▁as ▁September ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁when ▁several ▁research ers ▁from ▁fields ▁like ▁experimental ▁psych ology , ▁computer ▁science , ▁and ▁theoretical ▁lingu istics ▁presented ▁their ▁work ▁on ▁cogn itive ▁science - related ▁topics ▁at ▁a ▁meeting ▁of ▁the ▁‘ Special ▁Interest ▁Group ▁in ▁Information ▁Theory ’ ▁at ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology . ▁This ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁co operation ▁went ▁by ▁several ▁names ▁like ▁cogn itive ▁studies ▁and ▁information - processing ▁psych ology ▁but ▁eventually ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁cogn itive ▁science . ▁Gr ants ▁from ▁the ▁Alfred ▁P . ▁Slo an ▁Foundation ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁advanced ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁understanding ▁in ▁the ▁relevant ▁fields ▁and ▁supported ▁the ▁research ▁that ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁neu ros cience . ▁ ▁Main ▁ideas ▁ ▁George ▁Miller ▁states ▁that ▁six ▁fields ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁science : ▁psych ology , ▁lingu istics , ▁computer ▁science , ▁anth rop ology , ▁neu ros cience , ▁and ▁philosophy , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁playing ▁the ▁main ▁roles . ▁ ▁The ▁Scient