Cognition As a Natural Kind

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Fettahoğlu S.

Organon F, cilt.31, sa.2, ss.183-196, 2024 (AHCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.31577/orgf.2024.31204
  • Dergi Adı: Organon F
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, Philosopher's Index, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.183-196
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cognition, convergent evolution, Natural kinds, real patterns
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In corvids and apes, cognition evolved convergently instead of being inherited by a shared ancestor. In biology, natural kinds are classified according to common ancestry. So, if we were to apply the same strategy to psychology, cognition among corvids and apes would not be the same natural kind. However, Cameron Buckner claims that cognition is a natural kind. I suggest that by using Ladyman and Ross’s strategy of taking natural kinds as real patterns, we can support that cognition is a natural kind. Cognition seems to have the properties of predictability and compressibility, which are necessary conditions for real patternhood. Thus, convergent evolution examples of cognition, such as that found in corvids and apes, can be the same natural kind.