Philosophy for the rest of cognitive science

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-437

  Stepp, Nigel ^a   Chemero, Anthony ^b   Turvey, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Explanation; Mechanism; Philosophy of science; Representation

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 79961216493     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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