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<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Neoconstructivism: A Unifying Constraint for the Cognitive Sciences"^^ . "Behavioral scientists studied behavior; cognitive scientists study what generates behavior. Cognitive science is hence theoretical behaviorism (or behaviorism is experimental cognitivism). Behavior is data for a cognitive theorist. What counts as a theory of behavior? In this paper, a methodological constraint on theory construction -- \"neoconstructivism\" -- will be proposed (by analogy with constructivism in mathematics): Cognitive theory must be computable; given an encoding of the input to a behaving system, a theory must be able to compute (an encoding of) its outputs. It is a mistake to conclude, however, that this constraint requires cognitive theory to be computational, or that it follows from this that cognition is computation."^^ . "1982" . . . "Hillsdale NJ: Erlbaum"^^ . . . "Language, mind and brain"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Stevan"^^ . "Harnad"^^ . "Stevan Harnad"^^ . . "T."^^ . "Simon"^^ . "T. Simon"^^ . . "R."^^ . "Scholes"^^ . "R. Scholes"^^ . . . . . . "Neoconstructivism: A Unifying Constraint for the Cognitive Sciences (HTML)"^^ . . . "harnad82.neoconst.html"^^ . . . "Neoconstructivism: A Unifying Constraint for the Cognitive Sciences (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #662 \n\nNeoconstructivism: A Unifying Constraint for the Cognitive Sciences\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Cognitive Psychology" . . . "Artificial Intelligence" . . . "Philosophy of Mind" . .