Behavioral and Brain Sciences



Short Communication

Poppering the Newell Test


Niels A. Taatgen a1
a1 Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands niels@ai.rug.nl http://www.ai.rug.nl/~niels

Abstract

The Newell Test as it is proposed by Anderson & Lebiere (A&L) has the disadvantage of being too positivistic, stressing areas a theory should cover, instead of attempting to exclude false predictions. Nevertheless, Newell's list can be used as the basis for a more stringent test with a stress on the falsifiability of the theory.