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What is the purpose of cognition?

Balazs AczelBen R Newell
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2020)
The purpose of human cognition depends on the problem people try to solve. Defining the purpose is difficult, because people seem capable of representing problems in an infinite number of ways. The way in which the function of cognition develops needs to be central to our theories.
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