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Epistemological requirements for a cognitive psychology of real people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

John Campion*
Affiliation:
Bembrook Cottage, Woodmans Green, Linch, Liphook, HantsGU30 7NE, United Kingdom

Abstract

Pothos's analysis is difficult to relate to real human mental processes. He tackles four quite different areas of psychology and adduces evidence from a large number of paradigms. Yet despite this very large scope, he employs a single, simplistic descriptive framework. An epistemological analysis, supported by illustrations from real world decision-making, shows that this steers us away from, rather than towards, an understanding of real human cognitive processes.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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