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Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0011
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0012
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0013
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0014
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0015
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0016
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0017
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.001.0001
EISBN: 9780262320702
A proposal for a categorization of cognition based on core properties of the constituent processes that integrates theory and empirical findings across domains. All sciences need ways to classify the phenomena they investigate; chemistry has the periodic table and biology a taxonomic system for classifying life forms. These classification schemes depend on conceptual coherence, demonstrated correspondences across paradigms. This conceptual coherence has proved elusive in psychology, although recent advances have brought the field to the point at which it is possible to define the type of classificatory system needed. This book proposes a categorization of cognition based on core properties of constituent processes, recognizing correspondences between cognitive processes with similar underlying structure but different surface properties. These correspondences are verified mathematically and shown not to be merely coincidental. The proposed formulation leads to general principles that transcend domains and paradigms and facilitate the interpretation of empirical findings. It covers human and nonhuman cognition and human cognition in all age ranges. Just as the periodic table classifies elements and not compounds, this system classifies relatively basic versions of cognitive tasks but allows for complexity. The book shows that a more integrated, coherent account of cognition would have many benefits. It would reduce the conceptual fragmentation of psychology; offer defined criteria by which to categorize new empirical results; and lead to fruitful hypotheses for the acquisition of higher cognition.
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0001
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0002
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0003
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0004
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0005
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0006
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0007
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0008
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0009
EISBN: 9780262320702
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 19 December 2014
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10054.003.0010
EISBN: 9780262320702