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Human tool cognition relies on teleology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

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Mikołaj Hernik*
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UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway. mikolaj.l.hernik@uit.no
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Abstract

Osiurak and Reynaud's account of human tool cognition misses key element: human capacity for functional representations and teleological inferences. I argue that the teleofunctional approach accounts better for some features of human tool cognition and points to a viable candidate for the cognitive “difference-maker” behind human technological success.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e167
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