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Cognition, consciousness, and the cognitive revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

John D. Greenwood
John D. Greenwood
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CUNY Graduate Center and Ph.D. Program in Philosophy, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016. jgreenwood@gc.cuny.eduhttp://web.gc.cuny.edu/philosophy/people/greenwood.html
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Abstract

It is argued that the cognitive revolution provided general support for the view that associative learning requires cognitive processing, but only limited support for the view that it requires conscious processing. The point is illustrated by two studies of associative learning that played an important role in the development of the cognitive revolution, but which are surprisingly neglected by Mitchell et al. in the target article.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 209 - 210
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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