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Quantum models of cognition as Orwellian newspeak

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2013

Michael D. Lee  and
Wolf Vanpaemel
Michael D. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine CA 92697-5100. mdlee@uci.eduhttp://faculty.sites.uci.edu/mdlee/publications/
Wolf Vanpaemel
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. wolf.vanpaemel@ppw.kuleuven.behttp://ppw.kuleuven.be/okp/people/wolf_vanpaemel/
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Abstract

Faced with probabilistic relationships between causes and effects, quantum theory assumes that deterministic causes do not exist, and that only incomplete probabilistic expressions of knowledge are possible. As in its application to physics, this fundamental epistemological stance severely limits the ability of quantum theory to provide insight and understanding in human cognition.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 295 - 296
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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