Philosophy for the Rest of Cognitive Science

Number 1659
Year 2011
Drawer 28
Entry Date 11/01/2011
Authors Stepp, N., Chemero, A., Turvey, M.T.
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Publication Topics in cognitive Science 3 (2011), pp. 425l-437.
url http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1659.pdf
Abstract Cognitive science has always included multiple methodologies and theoretical commitments. The philosophy of cognitive science should embrace, or at least acknowledge, this diversity. Bechtel’s (2009a) proposed philosophy of cognitive science, however, applies only to representationalist and mechanist cognitive science, ignoring the substantial minority of dynamically oriented cognitive scientists. As an example of nonrepresentational, dynamical cognitive science, we describe strong anticipation as a model for circadian systems (Stepp & Turvey, 2009). We then propose a philosophy of science appropriate to nonrepresentational, dynamical cognitive science.
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