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... cognitive theories as filling in explanation schema of , roughly , the form : having the attitude R to proposition P is contingently identical to being in computational relation C to the formula ( or sequence of formulae ) F. A cognitive ...
... cognitive theories as filling in explanation schema of , roughly , the form : having the attitude R to proposition P is contingently identical to being in computational relation C to the formula ( or sequence of formulae ) F. A cognitive ...
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... cognitive development . There are , to begin with , lots of things that most adults can do and most children cannot . Many of these involve cognitive skills such as ad- vanced problem solving , perceptual recognition of complex objects ...
... cognitive development . There are , to begin with , lots of things that most adults can do and most children cannot . Many of these involve cognitive skills such as ad- vanced problem solving , perceptual recognition of complex objects ...
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... cognitive psychologists can have nothing at all to say . The most obvious case is the causal determination of sensation . Pre- sumably the perceptual integration of sensory material is accomplished by computational processes of the ...
... cognitive psychologists can have nothing at all to say . The most obvious case is the causal determination of sensation . Pre- sumably the perceptual integration of sensory material is accomplished by computational processes of the ...
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