Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 30 / Issue 04 / August 2007, pp 422-423
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07002531 (About DOI), Published online: 17 December 2007
Open Peer Commentary
Innovation and the grain problem
Anne Russona1, Kristin Andrewsa2 and Brian Hussa3
a1 Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M6, Canada; ARusson@gl.yorku.ca
a2 Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada; andrewsk@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/andrewsk
a3 Department of Philosophy, State University of New York–Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676. hussbd@potsdam.edu
Abstract
Our concern is with Ramsey et al.'s method for identifying innovation. We show that either it yields false positives or the authors offer insufficient guidance for its application. To avoid these results, the authors need to modify the key or offer better guidelines for delineating input. Either choice requires addressing the processes that generate a behavior.
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