Ward, Zina B. (2022) Cognitive Variation: The Philosophical Landscape. Philosophy Compass.
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We do not all make choices, reason, interpret our experience, or respond to our environment in the same way. A recent surge of scientific interest has thrust these individual differences into the spotlight: researchers in cognitive psychology and neuroscience are now devoting increasing attention to cognitive variation. The philosophical dimensions of this research, however, have yet to be systematically explored. Here I make an initial foray by considering how cognitive variation is characterized. I present a central dilemma facing descriptions of individual differences, discuss several distinctions used to categorize variation, and show that these distinctions require further elaboration. Finally, by canvassing several philosophical topics for which the characterization of cognitive variation may have significant implications, I argue that philosophers should take note of how and why our minds differ.
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| Keywords: | individual differences, variation, cognition, natural kinds, explanation, rationality, multiple realization | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Data Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Psychology > Judgment and Decision Making Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Zina B. Ward | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2022 23:36 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2022 23:36 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 21094 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy Compass | ||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.111... | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Data Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Psychology > Judgment and Decision Making Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21094 |
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