Newell's program, like Hilbert's, is dead; let's move on

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (5):627-627 (2003)
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We draw an analogy between Hilbert's program (HP) for mathematics and Newell's program (NP) for cognitive modeling. The analogy reveals that NP, like HP before it, is fundamentally flawed. The only alternative is a program anchored by an admission that cognition is more than computation.

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Selmer Bringsjord
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