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What’s “Complex” about complex cognition?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2025

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Charles Aaron Beasley*
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Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Rome RM, Italy beasley.charles@gmail.com https://www.charlesbeasley.com/
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Abstract

While prematurely committing to a conception of “complex cognition” promises to stifle inquiry, tentatively specifying and empirically determining the relevant senses of “complex” could very well serve to drive the research program forward. This strategy has proven particularly useful in debates around simplicity. However, given that “complex” is a multi-dimensional adjective, all-things-considered comparative evaluations of it might not be possible.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 48 , 2025 , e82
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press

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