What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Cognition?

Carrie Figdor

doi:10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2023/02/001

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What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Cognition?

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What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Cognition?

Carrie Figdor

Jolma, Vol.4(2), pp.149-162

12/01/2023

DOI: 10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2023/02/001

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In this paper I will outline three conceptual schemes for thinking about cognition. One is the anthropocentric scheme that dominated our thinking for thousands of years: human cognition. Another is the approach founded in classical cognitive science and artificial intelligence: cybernetic cognition. The third is the framework of evolutionary biology that encompasses all traits of evolved organisms: phylogenetic cognition. I will explain all three and sketch their current relationships. Each scheme forms the conceptual ground of a valid research programme, but how these programmes and schemes will end up in relation to each other is an open question.

Basal cognition. Cognition. Cognitive ontology. Cybernetics. Evolution of cognition

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Title: Subtitle: What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Cognition?
Creators: Carrie Figdor - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Jolma, Vol.4(2), pp.149-162
DOI: 10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2023/02/001
eISSN: 2723-9640
Publisher: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/2023
Academic Unit: Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Philosophy
Record Identifier: 9984559876902771

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