Francken, Jolien C. (2025) How to build a cognitive ontology: A practical task-oriented approach for cognitive neuroscience. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Two major obstacles for cognitive ontology building informed by neuroscience are the many-to-many mapping between cognition and brain, and the problem of demarcating neural mechanisms. I propose a novel, practical task-oriented methodology that weighs different criteria to find the best systematization of behaviour, and I show how it solves both problems. This task ontologies approach yields more differentiated and context-dependent cognitive concepts, allowing cognitive neuroscience to provide explanations of cognitive capacities better tailored to our everyday life.
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Keywords: | Cognitive ontology; Task ontology; Cognitive neuroscience; Neural mechanisms; Behaviour; Concepts; Memory; Pluralism; Validity | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience General Issues > Experimentation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Learning and Memory General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism |
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Depositing User: | Dr. Jolien C. Francken | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2025 10:46 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2025 10:46 | ||||||
Item ID: | 26785 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience General Issues > Experimentation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Learning and Memory General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism |
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Date: | 15 April 2025 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/26785 |
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