Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans
The idea of applying cognitive kind terms and concepts to ‘unconventional’ systems has gained steam. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this idea also has been met with skepticism. There is an implicit worry amongst skeptics that the idea of applying cognitive kind terms and concepts to non-humans, or at le...
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The idea of applying cognitive kind terms and concepts to ‘unconventional’ systems has gained steam. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this idea also has been met with skepticism. There is an implicit worry amongst skeptics that the idea of applying cognitive kind terms and concepts to non-humans, or at least to non-humans that are anatomically quite unlike humans, amounts to a Mere Honorific Conclusion: to say that a system is cognitive is to say it is merely worthy of investigation. In this paper, I use this conclusion as a framing device for exploring how we ought to approach the idea of cognition in unconventional systems, and I explore two avenues for blocking it: unification and generativity.
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| spelling | doaj.art-12ff0a3054e94570b7a57d9d369b14aa2023-12-20T16:16:56ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariJoLMA2723-96402023-12-014210.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2023/02/002journal_article_15443Connecting Unconventional Cognition to HumansColaço, David John0LMU The idea of applying cognitive kind terms and concepts to ‘unconventional’ systems has gained steam. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this idea also has been met with skepticism. There is an implicit worry amongst skeptics that the idea of applying cognitive kind terms and concepts to non-humans, or at least to non-humans that are anatomically quite unlike humans, amounts to a Mere Honorific Conclusion: to say that a system is cognitive is to say it is merely worthy of investigation. In this paper, I use this conclusion as a framing device for exploring how we ought to approach the idea of cognition in unconventional systems, and I explore two avenues for blocking it: unification and generativity. http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2023/02/002Cognition. Generativity. Memory. Unconventional Cognitive System. Unification |
| spellingShingle | Colaço, David John Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans JoLMA Cognition. Generativity. Memory. Unconventional Cognitive System. Unification |
| title | Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans |
| title_full | Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans |
| title_fullStr | Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans |
| title_short | Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans |
| title_sort | connecting unconventional cognition to humans |
| topic | Cognition. Generativity. Memory. Unconventional Cognitive System. Unification |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2023/02/002 |
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