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Human tool cognition relies on teleology.

Mikołaj Hernik
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2020)
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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