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Newell's program, like Hilbert's, is dead; let's move on

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2004

Yingrui Yang  and
Selmer Bringsjord
Yingrui Yang*
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
Selmer Bringsjord*
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 http://www.rpi.edu/~brings
*
yangyri@rpi.edu
selmer@rpi.edu
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Abstract:

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We draw an analogy between Hilbert's program (HP) for mathematics and Newell's program (NP) for cognitive modeling. The analogy reveals that NP, like HP before it, is fundamentally flawed. The only alternative is a program anchored by an admission that cognition is more than computation.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 627
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003