The term architecture has evolved considerably from its original Greek roots and its application to buildings and computers to its more recent manifestation for minds. This article considers lessons from this history, in terms of a set of relevant distinctions introduced at each of these stages and a definition of architecture that spans all three, and a reconsideration of three key issues from cognitive architectures for architectures in general and cognitive architectures more particularly.

翻译：“架构”一词从其希腊语词源，到应用于建筑和计算机，再到近期涉足心智领域，其含义已显著演变。本文基于此历史进程，审视了各阶段引入的一系列关键区分，提出一个涵盖所有三个领域的架构定义，并重新思考了认知架构中三个核心问题——其中，认知架构既是普遍意义上的架构，更是其特定体现。