The false dichotomy of domain-specific versus domain-general cognition

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 40 (2017)
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Abstract

The qualitative division between domain-general and domain-specific cognition is unsubstantiated. The distinction is instead better viewed as opposites on a gradual scale, which has more explanatory power and fits current empirical evidence better. We also argue that causal cognition may be more general than social learning, which it often involves.

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Peter Gärdenfors
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