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The hardest test for a theory of cognition: The input test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2004

Asim Roy
Asim Roy*
Affiliation:
School of Information Systems, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3606
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asim.roy@asu.edu
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Abstract:

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This commentary defines an additional characteristic of human learning. The nature of this test is different from the ones by Newell: This is a hard, pass/fail type of test. Thus a theory of cognition cannot partially satisfy this test; it either conforms to the requirement fully, or it doesn't. If a theory of cognition cannot satisfy this property of human learning, then the theory is not valid at all.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 618 - 619
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003