Abstract
The environment in which our cognitive processes operate is crucial for understanding their current form, their reliability, and their function. In the following pages I will look at the role the environment plays in psychological explanations of cognitive behaviour, also when the explanations are not of an evolutionary character. In particular, I will focus on how environmental considerations (broadly) help us explain the form or the function of a psychological process.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Rethinking Explanation |
| Editors | Johannes Persson, Petri Ylikoski |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 163-176 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4020-5580-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
- Philosophy