{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7034854003","doi":null,"title":"What is a Minimal Model of Cognition?","display_name":"What is a Minimal Model of Cognition?","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-06-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7034854003"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:philsci-archive.pitt.edu:20785","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20785/1/What%20is%20a%20Minimal%20Model%20of%20Cognition.pdf","pdf_url":"https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20785/1/What%20is%20a%20Minimal%20Model%20of%20Cognition.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401282","display_name":"PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I170201317","host_organization_name":"University of Pittsburgh","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170201317"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"volume":null,"type":"preprint","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Brancazio, Nick","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Brancazio, Nick","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090513194","display_name":"Russell Meyer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-2617","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-2617"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Meyer, Russell","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":true,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11883","display_name":"Embodied and Extended Cognition","score":0.8403000235557556,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11883","display_name":"Embodied and Extended Cognition","score":0.8403000235557556,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.0729999989271164,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10778","display_name":"Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation","score":0.07069999724626541,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/active-materials","display_name":"active materials","score":0.859000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/universality-class","display_name":"universality class","score":0.8960000276565552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/basal-cognition","display_name":"basal cognition","score":0.7979999780654907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/representational-dynamics","display_name":"representational dynamics","score":0.6439999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/philosophy-of-biology","display_name":"philosophy of biology","score":0.4230000078678131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group-coordination","display_name":"group coordination","score":0.4440000057220459}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.763700008392334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777402642","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2557224","display_name":"Explanatory power","level":2,"score":0.682699978351593},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C183992945","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2495574","display_name":"Universality (dynamical systems)","level":2,"score":0.6647999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.536899983882904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778449503","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329777","display_name":"Appeal","level":2,"score":0.5302000045776367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4625000059604645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778638050","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5421252","display_name":"Explanatory model","level":2,"score":0.4415999948978424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777212361","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127848","display_name":"Class (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4413999915122986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.4196999967098236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3928000032901764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161407221","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382939","display_name":"Cognitive model","level":3,"score":0.3855000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986342778","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Cognitive systems","level":3,"score":0.35269999504089355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.33869999647140503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138379479","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1116876","display_name":"Scientific modelling","level":2,"score":0.2992999851703644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195818886","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5421724","display_name":"Expressive power","level":2,"score":0.275299996137619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.26350000500679016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.2542000114917755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.25290000438690186}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:philsci-archive.pitt.edu:20785","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20785/1/What%20is%20a%20Minimal%20Model%20of%20Cognition.pdf","pdf_url":"https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20785/1/What%20is%20a%20Minimal%20Model%20of%20Cognition.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401282","display_name":"PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I170201317","host_organization_name":"University of Pittsburgh","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170201317"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4386252194","https://openalex.org/W2998429414","https://openalex.org/W2019819764","https://openalex.org/W4306921220","https://openalex.org/W7046718714","https://openalex.org/W2995795783","https://openalex.org/W3035780979","https://openalex.org/W2971388721","https://openalex.org/W4382701057","https://openalex.org/W3126334500"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Active":[0],"materials":[1,228],"are":[2,166,261,289],"self-propelled":[3,116],"non-living":[4],"entities":[5],"which,":[6],"in":[7,70,92,210,241,283],"some":[8],"circumstances,":[9],"exhibit":[10,135],"a":[11,60,110,119,168],"number":[12],"of":[13,45,107,112,121,139,147,161,175,179,204,220,234,279],"cognitively":[14],"interesting":[15],"behaviors":[16,146,165,243,282,288],"such":[17,287],"as":[18,42,75,109,207],"gradient-following,":[19],"avoiding":[20],"obstacles,":[21],"signaling":[22],"and":[23,32,52,104],"group":[24],"coordination.":[25],"A":[26],"live":[27],"proposal":[28],"across":[29],"both":[30],"scientific":[31],"philosophical":[33],"discussions":[34],"is":[35,64,68,194,199,255],"that":[36,57,65,128,132,155,192,244,264],"this":[37],"may":[38],"make":[39],"them":[40],"useful":[41],"minimal":[43,61,180,217],"models":[44,181],"cognition":[46,94,108,198,218],"(Hanczyc":[47],"2014,":[48],"McGivern":[49],"2019).":[50],"Batterman":[51,171],"Rice":[53],"(2014)":[54],"have":[55,245],"argued":[56],"what":[58],"makes":[59],"model":[62,67,259],"explanatory":[63,177],"the":[66,71,76,84,136,144,158,176,201,216,276],"ultimately":[69],"same":[72,85,202],"universality":[73,169],"class":[74],"target":[77,102,111,284],"system,":[78],"which":[79],"underpins":[80],"why":[81],"it":[82,193],"exhibits":[83],"macrobehavior.":[86],"We":[87,141,212],"appeal":[88],"to":[89,99,153,190,215,224,249],"recent":[90],"research":[91],"basal":[93],"(Lyon":[95],"et":[96],"al.":[97],"2021)":[98],"establish":[100],"appropriate":[101],"systems":[103,134,260,285],"essential":[105,137,159],"features":[106,138,160],"modeling.":[113],"Looking":[114],"at":[115],"oil":[117,148],"droplets,":[118],"type":[120,203],"active":[122,227],"material,":[123],"we":[124,187],"do":[125],"not":[126,167,184,195,200,256],"find":[127,154],"organization":[129],"alone":[130],"indicates":[131],"these":[133,156,258],"cognition.":[140,162],"then":[142,213],"examine":[143],"specific":[145,242,281],"droplets":[149],"but":[150,269],"also":[151,188,262],"fail":[152],"demonstrate":[157],"Because":[163],"cognitive":[164,236,263,277],"class,":[170],"&":[172],"Rice\u2019s":[173],"account":[174],"power":[178],"simply":[182],"does":[183],"apply.":[185],"However,":[186],"want":[189],"stress":[191],"intended":[196],"to;":[197],"behavioral":[205],"phenomena":[206],"those":[208],"found":[209],"physics.":[211],"look":[214],"methodology":[219],"Beer":[221],"(1996,":[222],"2020)":[223],"show":[225],"how":[226],"can":[229,266,272],"be":[230,267],"explanatorily":[231],"valuable":[232],"regardless":[233],"their":[235],"status":[237],"because":[238,257,270],"they":[239,265,271],"engage":[240],"traditionally":[246],"been":[247],"expected":[248],"involve":[250],"internal":[251],"representational":[252],"dynamics.":[253],"It":[254],"explanatory,":[268],"reveal":[273],"misconceptions":[274],"about":[275],"underpinnings":[278],"certain,":[280],"where":[286],"cognitive.":[290]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-14T16:39:01.820549","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}