{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2023070761","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712311404090","title":"The cognitive agent: Overcoming informational limits","display_name":"The cognitive agent: Overcoming informational limits","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-04-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2023070761","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712311404090","mag":"2023070761"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/1059712311404090","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712311404090","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S183337005","display_name":"Adaptive Behavior","issn_l":"1059-7123","issn":["1059-7123","1741-2633"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Adaptive Behavior","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002697941","display_name":"Orlin Vakarelov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0049-5619"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138006243","display_name":"University of Arizona","ror":"https://ror.org/03m2x1q45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Orlin Vakarelov","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5002697941"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.5679,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.66089901,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"19","issue":"2","first_page":"83","last_page":"100"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11883","display_name":"Embodied and Extended Cognition","score":0.9865999817848206,"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":0.9865999817848206,"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/T14394","display_name":"Cognitive Science and Education Research","score":0.953499972820282,"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/T12805","display_name":"Cognitive Science and Mapping","score":0.9164000153541565,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7095382809638977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognition","display_name":"Cognition","score":0.6649243831634521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.5197648406028748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/function","display_name":"Function (biology)","score":0.5172680020332336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/representation","display_name":"Representation (politics)","score":0.49619442224502563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sequence","display_name":"Sequence (biology)","score":0.48674702644348145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.48233339190483093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/autonomous-system","display_name":"Autonomous system (mathematics)","score":0.4585340917110443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/autonomous-agent","display_name":"Autonomous agent","score":0.452266126871109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-systems","display_name":"Cognitive systems","score":0.4369587004184723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/action-selection","display_name":"Action selection","score":0.4164988100528717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.36476385593414307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"Perception","score":0.12512809038162231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.11600667238235474}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7095382809638977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.6649243831634521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.5197648406028748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.5172680020332336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776359362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145286","display_name":"Representation (politics)","level":3,"score":0.49619442224502563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778112365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3511065","display_name":"Sequence (biology)","level":2,"score":0.48674702644348145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.48233339190483093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9628104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788009","display_name":"Autonomous system (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4585340917110443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13687954","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4826847","display_name":"Autonomous agent","level":2,"score":0.452266126871109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986342778","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Cognitive systems","level":3,"score":0.4369587004184723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166109690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4677422","display_name":"Action selection","level":3,"score":0.4164988100528717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.36476385593414307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.12512809038162231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.11600667238235474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/1059712311404090","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712311404090","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S183337005","display_name":"Adaptive Behavior","issn_l":"1059-7123","issn":["1059-7123","1741-2633"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Adaptive Behavior","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.405.6154","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.405.6154","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.u.arizona.edu/~okv/Papers/CognitiveAgent_v4.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:philarchive.org/rec/VAKTCA","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://philarchive.org/rec/VAKTCA","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402130","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:philpapers.org/rec/VAKTCA","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://philpapers.org/rec/VAKTCA","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402131","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6499999761581421,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":77,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2392040","https://openalex.org/W26773966","https://openalex.org/W37786347","https://openalex.org/W131014589","https://openalex.org/W162414179","https://openalex.org/W205486567","https://openalex.org/W304727013","https://openalex.org/W1520415682","https://openalex.org/W1535661361","https://openalex.org/W1552415422","https://openalex.org/W1581560749","https://openalex.org/W1584724822","https://openalex.org/W1586566789","https://openalex.org/W1587314459","https://openalex.org/W1589854289","https://openalex.org/W1590557630","https://openalex.org/W1594816294","https://openalex.org/W1607785944","https://openalex.org/W1685866933","https://openalex.org/W1698657956","https://openalex.org/W1725430864","https://openalex.org/W1729777349","https://openalex.org/W1916207017","https://openalex.org/W1933657216","https://openalex.org/W1967214222","https://openalex.org/W1967312566","https://openalex.org/W1994373240","https://openalex.org/W1995875735","https://openalex.org/W2009279367","https://openalex.org/W2017060242","https://openalex.org/W2022350326","https://openalex.org/W2024964583","https://openalex.org/W2027181861","https://openalex.org/W2031599757","https://openalex.org/W2041404167","https://openalex.org/W2041905826","https://openalex.org/W2047409756","https://openalex.org/W2052682893","https://openalex.org/W2053727512","https://openalex.org/W2061803363","https://openalex.org/W2068663563","https://openalex.org/W2068670723","https://openalex.org/W2070703446","https://openalex.org/W2081817659","https://openalex.org/W2091795526","https://openalex.org/W2098100163","https://openalex.org/W2099111195","https://openalex.org/W2106499429","https://openalex.org/W2108020239","https://openalex.org/W2119511002","https://openalex.org/W2130729630","https://openalex.org/W2145996381","https://openalex.org/W2162385874","https://openalex.org/W2172608051","https://openalex.org/W2173068042","https://openalex.org/W2332530507","https://openalex.org/W2397253692","https://openalex.org/W2478708596","https://openalex.org/W2481263544","https://openalex.org/W2493894436","https://openalex.org/W2528763179","https://openalex.org/W2568260463","https://openalex.org/W2597205443","https://openalex.org/W2726878951","https://openalex.org/W2797816625","https://openalex.org/W3038830718","https://openalex.org/W3144114901","https://openalex.org/W3147260715","https://openalex.org/W3163890354","https://openalex.org/W4212958445","https://openalex.org/W4229972507","https://openalex.org/W4230066411","https://openalex.org/W4231079695","https://openalex.org/W4231579299","https://openalex.org/W4232897512","https://openalex.org/W4233980873","https://openalex.org/W4241317014"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2493018157","https://openalex.org/W1963616906","https://openalex.org/W2002583921","https://openalex.org/W4299634769","https://openalex.org/W80568813","https://openalex.org/W2519785961","https://openalex.org/W2132189351","https://openalex.org/W1585954831","https://openalex.org/W2966798053","https://openalex.org/W4289243840"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,100,127],"article":[1,128],"provides":[2,101,129],"an":[3,144],"answer":[4],"to":[5,21,39,65,80,95],"the":[6,10,25,31,78,130,139,152,157,160,164,169,173,191],"question:":[7],"What":[8],"is":[9,138],"function":[11],"of":[12,48,106,133,141,143,151,163,175],"cognition?":[13],"By":[14],"answering":[15],"this":[16],"question":[17,32],"it":[18,184],"becomes":[19],"possible":[20],"investigate":[22],"what":[23],"are":[24],"simplest":[26],"cognitive":[27,125,136,188],"systems.":[28,126],"It":[29,43],"addresses":[30],"by":[33],"treating":[34],"cognition":[35],"as":[36],"a":[37,40,45,54,60,72,88,102],"solution":[38],"design":[41,49],"problem.":[42],"defines":[44],"nested":[46,104],"sequence":[47,105],"problems:":[50],"(1)":[51,109,148],"How":[52,58,70,86],"can":[53,59,71,87,171],"system":[55,61,73,89,107,137,162],"persist?":[56],"(2)":[57,112,168],"affect":[62],"its":[63,67,91],"environment":[64,79,158],"improve":[66,172],"persistence?":[68],"(3)":[69,116],"utilize":[74],"better":[75,82],"information":[76,161],"from":[77],"select":[81],"actions?":[83],"And,":[84],"(4)":[85,124],"reduce":[90],"inherent":[92],"informational":[93],"limitations":[94],"achieve":[96],"more":[97,180],"successful":[98,181],"behavior?":[99],"corresponding":[103],"classes:":[108],"autonomous":[110,114,119,145],"systems,":[111,115],"(re)active":[113],"informationally":[117],"controlled":[118],"systems":[120],"(autonomous":[121],"agents),":[122],"and":[123,154,159,177,200],"following":[131],"characterization":[132],"cognition:":[134],"The":[135],"set":[140],"mechanisms":[142],"agent":[146,170],"that":[147,167,186],"allow":[149],"increase":[150],"correlation":[153],"integration":[155],"between":[156],"agent,":[165],"so":[166],"selection":[174],"actions":[176],"thereby":[178],"produce":[179],"behavior.":[182],"Finally,":[183],"shows":[185],"common":[187],"capacities":[189],"satisfy":[190],"characterization:":[192],"learning,":[193],"memory,":[194],"representation,":[195],"decision":[196],"making,":[197],"reasoning,":[198],"attention,":[199],"communication.":[201]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-01T06:04:38.248271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}