CAN WE MODEL THE ARCHITECTURE OF COGNITION?
Reply to Hardcastle, Gregson, Krakauer & Houston, Sloman on Categorization

Abstract

In response to the first four PSYCOLOQUY reviews of my book (Murre, 1992a, 1992b) by Hardcastle (1993), Gregson (1993), Krakauer and Houston (1993), and Sloman (1993), I first address some of the issues raised in a general way, before elaborating on four specific subjects, namely, modularity, categorization, memory, and learning and evolution.

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