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A proper metaphysics for cognitive performance
Guy C Van Orden1, Miguel A Moreno, John G Holden
1Cognitive Systems Group, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. guy.van.orden@asu.edu
Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences
|July 24, 2003
Abstract:
The general failure to individuate component causes in cognitive performance suggests the need for an alternative metaphysics. The metaphysics of control hierarchy theory accommodates the fact of self-organization in nature and the possibility that intentional actions are self-organized. One key assumption is that interactions among processes dominate their intrinsic dynamics. Scaling relations in response time variability motivate this assumption in cognitive performance.