?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=On+Reverse+Engineering+in+the+Cognitive+and+Brain++Sciences&rft.creator=Schierwagen%2C+Prof.+Andreas&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Various+research+initiatives+try+to+utilize+the+operational+principles+of+organisms+and+brains+to+develop+alternative%2C+biologically+inspired+computing+paradigms+and+artificial+cognitive+systems.+This+article+reviews+key+features+of+the+standard+method+applied+to+complexity+in+the+cognitive+and+brain+sciences%2C+i.e.+decompositional+analysis+or+reverse+engineering.+The+indisputable+complexity+of+brain+and+mind+raise+the+issue+of+whether+they+can+be+understood+by+applying+the+standard+method.+Actually%2C+recent+findings+in+the+experimental+and+theoretical+fields%2C+question+central+assumptions+and+hypotheses+made+for+reverse+engineering.+Using+the+modeling+relation+as+analyzed+by+Robert+Rosen%2C+the+scientific+analysis+method+itself+is+made+a+subject+of+discussion.+It+is+concluded+that+the+fundamental+assumption+of+cognitive+science%2C+i.e.+complex+cognitive+systems+can+be+analyzed%2C+understood+and+duplicated+by+reverse+engineering%2C+must+be+abandoned.+Implications+for+investigations+of+organisms+and+behavior+as+well+as+for+engineering+artificial+cognitive+systems+are+discussed.&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.date=2012-03-01&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8729%2F1%2F2012_Schierwagen_Rev_Engn.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schierwagen%2C+Prof.+Andreas++(2012)+On+Reverse+Engineering+in+the+Cognitive+and+Brain+Sciences.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8729%2F