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Rules, abstractions, and evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Leonid Litman  and
Arthur S. Reber
Leonid Litman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY 11210 [email protected] [email protected]
Arthur S. Reber
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY 11210 [email protected] [email protected]
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Abstract

Perruchet & Vinter's article, for all its breadth and scope, has several deep problems: specifically, an eccentric notion of rule, a narrow notion of what it means for a mental instantiation to be abstract, and a failure to take into account fundamental principles of evolutionary biology. While not the only problems, these three are sufficient to seriously weaken their arguments.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2002 , pp. 345 - 346
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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