In this paper we expose the theoretical background underlying our current research.
This consists in the development of behaviour-based knowledge systems, for closing
the gaps between behaviour-based and knowledge-based systems, and also
between the understandings of the phenomena they model. We expose the
requirements and stages for developing behaviour-based knowledge systems and
discuss their limits. We believe that these are necessary conditions for the
development of higher order cognitive capacities, in artificial and natural cognitive
systems
