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Opposites detract: Why rules and similarity should not be viewed as opposite ends of a continuum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Gary Marcus
Gary Marcus*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10012http://psych.nyu.edu/gary
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gary.marcus@nyu.edu
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Abstract

Criteria that aim to dichotomize cognition into rules and similarity are destined to fail because rules and similarity are not in genuine conflict. It is possible for a given cognitive domain to exploit rules without similarity, similarity without rules, or both (rules and similarity) at the same time.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 28 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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