Mechanisms in Cognitive Psychology: What Are the Operations?
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Mechanisms in Cognitive Psychology: What Are the Operations?
Cognitive psychologists, like biologists, frequently describe mechanisms when explaining phenomena. Unlike biologists, who can often trace material transformations to identify operations, psychologists face a more daunting task in identifying operations that transform information. Behavior provides little guidance as to the nature of the operations involved. While not itself revealing the opera...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy of Science
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0031-8248,1539-767X
DOI: 10.1086/594540