Two challenges for a dual system approach to temporal cognition
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Felipe De Brigard1,2,3,4, Kevin O'Neill3,4
1Department of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham, NC27708. felipe.debrigard@duke.edu.
Abstract:
Hoerl & McCormack (H&M) propose a two-system account of temporal cognition. We suggest that, following other classic proposals where cognitive systems are putatively independent, H&M's two-system hypothesis should, at a minimum, involve (1) a difference in the nature of the representations upon which each system operates, and (2) a difference in the computations they carry out. In this comment we offer two challenges aimed at showing that H&M's proposal does not meet the minimal requirements (1) and (2).
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