Can massive modularity explain human intelligence? Information control problem and implications for cognitive architecture.

A fundamental task for any prospective cognitive architecture is information control: routing information to the relevant mechanisms to support a variety of tasks. Jerry Fodor has argued that the Massive Modularity Hypothesis cannot account for flexible information control due to its architectural c...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 198; no. 9; pp. 8043 - 8073
Autor principal: Huang, Linus Ta-Lun
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2021
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        Information resources management
        Cognitive ability
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        Cognitive architecture
        Control problem
        Evolutionary psychology
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      ab: A fundamental task for any prospective cognitive architecture is information control: routing information to the relevant mechanisms to support a variety of tasks. Jerry Fodor has argued that the Massive Modularity Hypothesis cannot account for flexible information control due to its architectural commitments and its reliance on heuristic information processing. I argue instead that the real trouble lies in its commitment to nativism—recent massive modularity models, despite incorporating mechanisms for learning and self-organization, still cannot learn to control information flexibly enough. After defending this position, I close the paper by discussing wider implications for control and cognitive architecture.
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