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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2004
I have three types of interrelated comments. First, on the choice of the proposed criteria, I argue against any list and for a system of criteria. Second, on grading, I suggest modifications with respect to consciousness and development. Finally, on the choice of “theories” for evaluation, I argue for Edelman's theory of neuronal group selection instead of connectionism (classical or not).
1. I use the terms cognitive theory, unified theories of cognition (UTCs), and ToM interchangeably with respect to their coextensive coverage of human phenomena, and UTC and ToM distinctly with respect to their characteristics.
2. For some interesting earlier results of our approach, the reader is referred to Gelepithis (1991; 1997), Gelepithis and Goodfellow (1992), Gelepithis and Parillon (2002).
3. Evolutionary and neurophysiological findings and principles and the synthetic neural modelling approach to the construction of intelligent entities. For a comparison of four ToMs, see Gelepithis (1999).
