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Parsimony and the triple-system model of concepts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2010

Safa Zaki  and
Joe Cruz
Safa Zaki
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Program in Cognitive Science, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267. szaki@williams.eduhttp://www.williams.edu/Psychology/Faculty/Zaki/zaki.html
Joe Cruz
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy and Program in Cognitive Science, Williamstown, MA 01267. jcruz@williams.eduhttp://www.williams.edu/philosophy/fourth_layer/faculty_pages/jcruz/jcruz.html
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Abstract

Machery's dismissive position on parsimony requires that we examine especially carefully the data he provides as evidence for his complex triple-system account. We use the prototype-exemplar debate as an example of empirical findings which may not, in fact, support a multiple-systems account. We discuss the importance of considering complexity in scientific theory.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 2-3 , June 2010 , pp. 230 - 231
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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