The methodological role of mechanistic-computational models in cognitive science

DOI10.1007/S11229-020-02568-5MaRDI QIDQ6185602zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jens Harbecke

Publication date 30 January 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02568-5

zbMATH Keywords

cognitive sciencecomputational explanationsexplanationslevels of explanationmechanistic approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Theory of computing (68Qxx)

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