Cognitiva Speciebus: Towards a Linnaean Approach to Cognition

Philip Millroth; August Collsiöö; Peter Juslin

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2020.12.005

Cognitiva Speciebus: Towards a Linnaean Approach to Cognition

Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 Mar;25(3):173-176. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.12.005. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Authors

Philip Millroth¹, August Collsiöö², Peter Juslin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: philip.millroth@psyk.uu.se.
² Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 33386248
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.12.005

Abstract

Research points to the limitations of approaches to decision-making, that rest on general 'Newtonian principles' derived from unitary a priori conceptions of rationality. To understand how the mind exploits environments, we instead propose a process of more open-ended discovery and systematization in the mold of Linnaeus's famous taxonomy of plants.

Keywords: Linnaeus; cognition; decision-making; heterogeneity; taxonomy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cognition*
Decision Making
Humans
Plants*
Rest