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Belling the cat: Why reuse theory is not enough

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2010

Oscar Vilarroya
Oscar Vilarroya
Affiliation:
Unitat de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva, Departament de Psiquiatria i Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Fundació IMIM, Barcelona 08193, Spain. oscar.vilarroya@uab.cat
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Abstract

I agree with Anderson's approach to reuse theories. My main concern is twofold. Anderson assumes certain nomological regularities in reuse phenomena that are simply conjectures supported by thin evidence. On the other hand, a biological theory of reuse is insufficient, in and of itself, to address the evaluation of particular models of cognition, such as concept empiricism or conceptual metaphor.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2010 , pp. 293 - 294
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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