Affiliation:
1. Research Group for Computational & Organizational Cognition, Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark, 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
Abstract
This paper presents a systemic view of human cognition that suggests complexityis an essential feature of such a system. It draws on the embodied, distributed, and extended cognition paradigms to outline the elements and the mechanisms that define cognition. In doing so, it uses an agent-based computational model (the TS 1.0.5Model) with a focus on learning mechanisms as they reflect on individual competence to gain insights on how cognition works. Results indicate that cognitive dynamics do not depend solely on macro structural elements, nor do they depend uniquely on individual characteristics. Instead, more insights and understanding are available through the consideration of all elements together as they co-evolve and interact over time. This perspective illustrates the essential role of how we define the meso domain and constitutes a clear indication that cognitive systems are indeed complex.
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