Loops, constitution, and cognitive extension

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-41

  Orestis Palermos, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Causal constitution' fallacy; 'Cognitive bloat'; Continuous mutual interactions; Dynamical systems theory; Hypothesis of extended cognition

Indexed keywords

'CAUSAL-CONSTITUTION' FALLACY; 'COGNITIVE BLOAT; DIRECTORY SERVICE; HYPOTHESIS OF EXTENDED COGNITION; MUTUAL INTERACTION; NONLINEAR RELATIONS; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; SHOPPING LISTS;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THEORY;

EID: 84887621425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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