Distinguishing between the computational and dynamical hypotheses: What difference makes the difference?
Steven R. Quartz · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1998
Van Gelder seeks to distinguish between the computational and the dynamical hypotheses primarily on the basis of ontic criteria – the kind of systems cognitive agents really are. I suggest that this meets with mixed success. By shifting to epistemic criteria – what kind of explanations we require to understand cognitive agents – I suggest there is an easier and more intuitive way to distinguish between these two competing views of cognitive agents.