Coordinated pluralism as a means to facilitate integrative taxonomies of cognition

Philosophical Explorations 20 (2):129-145 (2017)
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Abstract

The past decade has witnessed a growing awareness of conceptual and methodological hurdles within psychology and neuroscience that must be addressed for taxonomic and explanatory progress in understanding psychological functions to be possible. In this paper, I evaluate several recent knowledge-building initiatives aimed at overcoming these obstacles. I argue that while each initiative offers important insights about how to facilitate taxonomic and explanatory progress in psychology and neuroscience, only a “coordinated pluralism” that incorporates positive aspects of each initiative will have the potential for success.

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Jacqueline Anne Sullivan
University of Western Ontario

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