Dynamicism, also termed the ''dynamic hypothesis'' or the ''dynamic hypothesis in cognitive science'' or ''dynamic cognition'', is a approach in
cognitive science polpularized by the work of philosopher
Tim van Gelder
Tim van Gelder is the co-founder of Austhink Software, an Australian software development company, and the Managing Director of Austhink Consulting. He was born in Australia, and was educated at the University of Melbourne (BA, 1984). He went o ...
. It argues that
differential equations and
dynamical systems are more suited to modeling
cognition rather than the commonly used ideas of symbolicism, connectionism, or traditional
computer models.
It is closely related to
Dynamical neuroscience
References
Cognitive science
Cognitive modeling
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