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Framing the debate between computational and dynamical approaches to cognitive science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1998

Randall D. Beer
Randall D. Beer
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Engineering and Science and Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 beer@alpha.ces.cwru.edu yuggoth.ces.cwru.edu/beer/beer.html
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Abstract

van Gelder argues that computational and dynamical systems are mathematically distinct kinds of systems. Although there are real experimental and theoretical differences between adopting a computational or dynamical perspective on cognition, and the dynamical approach has much to recommend it, the debate cannot be framed this rigorously. Instead, what is needed is careful study of concrete models to improve our intuitions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , October 1998 , pp. 630
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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