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Cognitive science meets the mark of the cognitive: putting the horse before the cart

Gough, Joe

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Among those living systems, which are cognizers? Among the behaviours of, and causes of behaviour in, living systems, which are cognitive? Such questions sit at the heart of a sophisticated, ongoing debate, of which the recent papers by Corcoran et al. (2020) and Sims and Kiverstein (2021) serve as excellent examples. I argue that despite their virtues, both papers suffer from flawed conceptions of the point of the debate. This leaves their proposals ill-motivated—good answers to the wrong question. Additionally, their proposals are unfit to serve the legitimate roles for characterizations of cognition.

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Gough, J. (2022). Cognitive science meets the mark of the cognitive: putting the horse before the cart. Biology and Philosophy, 38(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-022-09889-4

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 22, 2022
Online Publication Date Dec 17, 2022
Publication Date 2022
Deposit Date Jan 5, 2023
Publicly Available Date Jan 5, 2023
Journal Biology & Philosophy
Print ISSN 0169-3867
Electronic ISSN 1572-8404
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 38
Issue 1
Article Number 1
Pages 1-24
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-022-09889-4

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