Learning from the existence of models: On psychic machines, tortoises, and computer simulations

Synthese

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 521-538

  Schlimm, Dirk ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clark L. Hull; Cognitive psychology; Computer simulations; History of psychology; Learning; Models; Scientific practice; William Grey Walter Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650477843     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9432-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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