Gough, Joe (2022) 'Cognitive science meets the mark of the cognitive: putting the horse before the cart.', Biology & Philosophy, 38 (1). pp. 1-24.
Abstract
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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| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-022-09889-4 |
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| Date accepted: | 22 November 2022 |
| Date deposited: | 05 January 2023 |
| Date of first online publication: | 17 December 2022 |
| Date first made open access: | 05 January 2023 |
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