Goethe to van Gelder: Comments on "Dynamical Systems" Models of Cognition

Glymour, Clark (1997) Goethe to van Gelder: Comments on "Dynamical Systems" Models of Cognition.

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Abstract

The "dynamical systems" model of cognitive processing is
not an alternative computational model. The proposals about
"computation" that accompany it are either vacuous or do not
distinguish it from a variety of standard computational models. I conclude that the real motivation for van
Gelder's version of the account is not technical or
computational, but is rather in the spirit of natur-philosophie.

Keywords:	dynamical systems, computational models, cognitive processing
Subjects:	Specific Sciences: Cognitive Science
ID Code:	139
Deposited By:	xyz, www
Deposited On:	09 Febuary 2001