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Ecological mechanisms in cognitive science
Authors
Andrew D. Wilson
Bechtel W.
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Bernstein N. A.
Bingham G. P.
Bingham G. P.
Charles E. P.
Cummins R. C.
Gibson J. J.
Goel V.
Golonka S.
Keijzer F.
Kelso J. S.
Kelso J. S.
Sabrina Golonka
Thomas J. A.
Warren W. H.
Wilson A. D.
Zanone P.-G.
Publication date
3 October 2019
Publisher
'SAGE Publications'
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© The Author(s) 2019. In 2010, Bechtel and Abrahamsen defined and described what it means to be a dynamic causal mechanistic explanatory model. They discussed the development of a mechanistic explanation of circadian rhythms as an exemplar of the process and challenged cognitive science to follow this example. This article takes on that challenge. A mechanistic model is one that accurately represents the real parts and operations of the mechanism being studied. These real components must be identified by an empirical programme that decomposes the system at the correct scale and localises the components in space and time. Psychological behaviour emerges from the nature of our real-time interaction with our environments—here we show that the correct scale to guide decomposition is picked out by the ecological perceptual information that enables that interaction. As proof of concept, we show that a simple model of coordinated rhythmic movement, grounded in information, is a genuine dynamical mechanistic explanation of many key coordination phenomena
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