Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (5):615-28 (1998)
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The dynamical hypothesis is the claim that cognitive agents are dynamical systems. It stands opposed to the dominant computational hypothesis, the claim that cognitive agents are digital computers. This target article articulates the dynamical hypothesis and defends it as an open empirical alternative to the computational hypothesis. Carrying out these objectives requires extensive clarification of the conceptual terrain, with particular focus on the relation of dynamical systems to computers
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| Keywords | cognition computability computational systems computers dynamical systems modeling systems time |
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| DOI | 10.1017/s0140525x98001733 |
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