Simplicity and the Meaning of Mental Association.
Some thoughts just come to mind together. This is usually thought to happen because they are connected by associations, which the mind follows. Such an explanation assumes that there is a particular kind of simple psychological process responsible. This view has encountered criticism recently. In re...
| Published in: | Erkenntnis Vol. 84; no. 6; pp. 1207 - 1229 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Springer Nature
Dec2019
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=139524925&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 139524925 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01650106 5KZ jtl: Erkenntnis issn: 01650106 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2019 vid: 84 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 139524925 10.1007/s10670-018-0005-9 ppf: 1207 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 455KB tig: atl: Simplicity and the Meaning of Mental Association. aug: au: Dacey, Mike affil: Bates College, Hedge Hall, 7 Andrews Rd., 04240, Lewiston, ME, USA su: Association of ideas Simplicity Psychology sug: subj: Association of ideas Simplicity Psychology ab: Some thoughts just come to mind together. This is usually thought to happen because they are connected by associations, which the mind follows. Such an explanation assumes that there is a particular kind of simple psychological process responsible. This view has encountered criticism recently. In response, this paper aims to characterize a general understanding of associative simplicity, which might support the distinction between associative processing and alternatives. I argue that there are two kinds of simplicity that are treated as characteristic of association, and as a result three possible versions of associative processing. This provides a framework that informs our understanding of association as a current and historical concept, including how various specific versions in different parts of psychology relate to one another. This framework can also guide debates over normative evaluations of actions produced by processes thought to be associative. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Erkenntnis is a copyright of Springer, 2019. All Rights Reserved. item: Erkenntnis holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|