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Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 4 facts
perspectiveBergen argues that while large language models are impressive, they require grounding to adequately explain human cognition.
claimRoni Katzir asserts that current Large Language Model architectures lack the distinction between competence and performance, and the distinction between correctness and probability, which are fundamental to human cognition.
claimCognitive architectures are designed to reproduce and explain the structure and mechanisms of human cognition that produce robust behavior, though they have historically struggled to scale to real-world challenges.
claimGary Lupyan's research focuses on how natural language scaffolds and augments human cognition, the evolution of language, and how language adapts to the needs of its learners and users.
The cross-cultural study of mind and behaviour: a word of caution link.springer.com Apr 8, 2022 3 facts
perspectiveThe author posits that cross-cultural research risks becoming 'futile butterfly collecting' unless it either reveals unique mental functioning or uncovers universal patterns of human cognition beneath cultural diversity.
perspectiveThe author of 'The cross-cultural study of mind and behaviour: a word of caution' views Tanya Luhrmann's research as representative of potential 'epistemological concerns' in cross-cultural research on human cognition, rather than as representative of the field as a whole.
claimCross-cultural research concerned with human cognition faces a contentious theoretical issue regarding whether the different ways of knowing identified by such research refer to an underlying reality or 'ontology'.
AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com Feb 17, 2026 2 facts
perspectiveAnil Seth argues that observers often overestimate the similarity between AI and human cognition because they confuse the 'intentional stance'—interpreting behavior as if it were driven by human-like thinking or reasoning—with the actual underlying mechanisms of the AI.
perspectiveAnil Seth criticizes the term 'stochastic parrots' as reductive, arguing that it is unfair to AI, unfair to actual parrots, and diminishes the human condition by implying that human cognition is fundamentally the same as that of a language model.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
perspectiveAdaptationist perspectives argue that the functional structure of human cognition is universally shared among humans and evolved to solve important problems of survival and reproduction in ancestral environments.
claimThe European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association is an interdisciplinary society that supports European researchers interested in evolutionary accounts of human cognition, behavior, and society.
The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimDunbar (2016) and Donald (2001) argue that social relations were a primary driver in the evolution of human cognition and consciousness.
What Is Epistemology? Pt. 3: The Nature of Justification and Belief philosimplicity.com Oct 23, 2017 1 fact
claimInfinitism implies skepticism because if human cognition cannot comprehend infinite reasoning, then complete justified beliefs cannot exist.
Neuro-symbolic AI - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceDaniel Kahneman's book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" describes human cognition as encompassing two components: System 1, which is fast, reflexive, intuitive, and unconscious, and System 2, which is slower, step-by-step, and explicit. System 1 is used for pattern recognition, while System 2 handles planning, deduction, and deliberative thinking.
Not Minds, but Signs: Reframing LLMs through Semiotics - arXiv arxiv.org Jul 1, 2025 1 fact
perspectiveLarge Language Models (LLMs) should be evaluated as producers of polysemic signals, intertextual echoes, and semiotically rich fragments rather than by their resemblance to human cognition.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 1 fact
claimEmpirical research in psychology and cognitive science constrains the inquiries, dispositions, and states that can be epistemically demanded of people by delineating the limits of human cognition.
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right? - TheCollector thecollector.com Nov 9, 2023 1 fact
claimImmanuel Kant posits that human cognition relies on two essential powers: perceiving (sensibility) and understanding (reasoning), and that knowledge is impossible without both faculties.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimRitual leaders in numerous cultures have historically adopted psychedelics as instruments for inspiration and envisioning to address knowledge gaps, as reasoning about causally opaque events is a pervasive feature of human cognition.
The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org Sep 27, 2017 1 fact
claimMerlin Donald proposed that mimesis formed the basis for the co-evolution of human cognition and culture, acting as a single neurocognitive adaptation for mime, imitation, gesture, and skill rehearsal.
Virtue epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimA criticism of virtue epistemology focuses on its characterization of human cognition as being grounded in stable character dispositions, such as the disposition to use reliable faculties or excellent character traits.
Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
referenceStephen Downes published 'Some Recent Developments in Evolutionary Approaches to the Study of Human Cognition and Behavior' in the journal Biology and Philosophy in 2001.
How men's and women's brains are different | Stanford Medicine stanmed.stanford.edu May 22, 2017 1 fact
claimThe neuroscience community previously considered observed sex-associated differences in human cognition and behavior to be primarily the result of cultural influences.
Neuro-Symbolic AI: The Hybrid Future of Intelligent Systems - LinkedIn linkedin.com Aug 26, 2025 1 fact
claimNeuro-symbolic systems are designed using insights from human cognition and neuroscience, which influences how perception, reasoning, and abstraction are integrated into these systems.
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism: Sources of Human Knowledge ijesh.com 1 fact
claimImmanuel Kant synthesized the debate between Rationalism and Empiricism by recognizing the interplay between reason and experience in shaping human cognition.