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Cognitive Models Are Distinguished by Content, Not Format
Philosophy of Science 88 (1):83-102 (2021)
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Cognitive scientists often describe the mind as constructing and using models of aspects of the environment, but it is not obvious what makes something a model as opposed to a mere representation....Author's Profile
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