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Rules and similarity - a false dichotomy

Hampton, J. A. (2005). Rules and similarity - a false dichotomy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(1), p. 26. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x05350011

Abstract

Unless restricted to explicitly held, sharable beliefs that control and justify a person’s behavior, the notion of a rule has little value as an explanatory concept. Similarity-based processing is a general characteristic of the mind-world interface where internal processes (including explicitly represented rules) act on the external world. The distinction between rules and similarity is therefore misconceived.

Publication Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Psychology
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