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Doing versus knowing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2002

Peter R. Killeen
Peter R. Killeen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 killeen@asu.edu www.asu.edu/clas/psych/dresearch/blab.html
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Abstract

Aristotle's four causes frame Webb's question. Comprehension requires specification of trigger, function, mechanism, and representation. Robots are real models of function. Physical, biological, and epigenetic constraints delimit the hypothesis space for candidate mechanisms. Robots constitute a simplified system more susceptible to formal representation than the target system. They thus constitute an important tool in a constructivist development of scientific knowledge.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , December 2001 , pp. 1063 - 1064
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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