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Can evolution provide perfectly optimal solutions for a universal model of reading?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

Christina Behme
Christina Behme*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax B3H 4P9, Canada. Christina.Behme@dal.ca
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Abstract

Frost has given us good reason to question the universality of existing computational models of reading. Yet, he has not provided arguments showing that all languages share fundamental and invariant reading universals. His goal of outlining the blueprint principles for a universal model of reading is premature. Further, it is questionable whether natural evolution can provide the optimal solutions that Frost invokes.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 279 - 280
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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