Tracing organizing principles:Learning from the history of systems biology     systems biology  organizing principles  general systems theory  design principles  mathematical modeling       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2016/6/13

With the emergence of systems biology the notion of organizing principles is being highlighted as a key research aim. Researchers attempt to ‘reverse engineer’ the functional organization of biologica...

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Epistemic Values and the Value of Learning     Theory Choice  Epistemic Utility  Cognitive Value  Value of Evidence       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2009/9/17

In addition to purely practical values, cognitive values also figure into scientific deliberations. One way of introducing cognitive values is to consider the cognitive value that accrues to the act o...

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From cell-surface receptors to higher learning: a whole world of experience     learning  behavior  experience  psychology       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2009/9/8

In the last decade it has become en vogue for cognitive comparative psychologists to study animal behavior in an ‘integrated’ fashion to account for both the ‘innate’ and the ‘acquired’. We will argue...

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Learning Causal Structure from Reasoning     Reasoning  Learning Causal Structure       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2008/4/22

According to the transitive dynamics model, people can construct causal structures by linking together configurations of force. The predictions of the model were tested in two experiments in which ...

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Learning from the existence of models. On psychic machines, tortoises, and computer simulations     cognitive psychology  computer simulations  learning  models       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2008/4/22

Using four examples of models and computer simulations from the history of psychology, I discuss some of the methodological aspects involved in their construction and use, and I illustrate how the exi...

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