Cognitive science began as a multidisciplinary endeavor to understand how the mind works. Since the beginning, cognitive scientists have been asking questions about the right methodologies and levels of explanation to pursue this goal, and make cognitive science a coherent science of the mind. Key questions include: Is there a privileged level of explanation in cognitive science? How do different levels of explanation fit together, or relate to one another? How should explanations at one level inform or constrain explanations at some other level? Can the different approaches to the mind, brain, and culture be unified? The aim of this issue of topiCS is to provide a platform for discussing different answers to such questions and to facilitate a better understanding between the different strands of thinking about the right levels of explanation in cognitive science.

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编辑评论和介绍：认知科学的解释层次：从分子到文化。

认知科学最初是一项多学科的努力，旨在了解思维的运作方式。从一开始，认知科学家就一直在询问正确的方法论和解释水平的问题，以实现这一目标，并使认知科学成为一门连贯的心灵科学。关键问题包括：认知科学中是否有特权级别的解释？不同层次的解释如何结合在一起或相互关联？一个层次的解释应该如何通知或约束其他层次的解释？对思想、大脑和文化的不同方法能否统一？本期topicCS的目的 是为讨论此类问题的不同答案提供一个平台，并促进对认知科学中正确解释水平的不同思考思路之间的更好理解。