Cognition As a Natural Kind

Pages: 183 - 196

Language: eng

In corvids and apes, cognition evolved convergently instead of be-ing inherited by a shared ancestor. In biology, natural kinds are clas-sified according to common ancestry. So, if we were to apply the same strategy to psychology, cognition among corvids and apes would not be the same natural kind. However, Cameron Buckner claims that cognition is a natural kind. I suggest that by using Lady-man and Ross’s strategy of taking natural kinds as real patterns, we can support that cognition is a natural kind. Cognition seems to have the properties of predictability and compressibility, which are nec-essary conditions for real patternhood. Thus, convergent evolution examples of cognition, such as that found in corvids and apes, can be the same natural kind.

Fettahoğlu, S. 2024. Cognition As a Natural Kind. In Organon F, vol. 31, no.2, pp. 183-196. 2585-7150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2024.31204

Fettahoğlu, S. (2024). Cognition As a Natural Kind. Organon F, 31(2), 183-196. 2585-7150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2024.31204

Publisher: Filozofický ústav SAV, Filosofický ústav AVČR

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