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Constitutive relevance in cognitive science : the case of eye movements and cognitive mechanisms

Dingmar van Eck (UGent)
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In this paper I assess whether the recently proposed "No De-Coupling" (NDC) theory of constitutive relevance in mechanisms is a useful tool to reconstruct constitutive relevance investigations in scientific practice. The NDC theory has been advanced as a framework theoretically superior to the mutual manipulability (MM) account of constitutive relevance in mechanisms but, in contrast to the MM account, has not yet been applied to detailed case studies. I argue that the NDC account is also applicable to empirical practice and that it fares better than the MM account on both theoretical and empirical grounds. I elaborate these claims in terms of applications of the NDC theory to two case studies of cognitive science research on the role of eye movements in mechanisms for cognitive capacities. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Constitutive relevance, Mechanism, Mechanistic explanation, Cognitive science, MEMORY, CAUSATION, PLAY

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van Eck, Dingmar. “Constitutive Relevance in Cognitive Science : The Case of Eye Movements and Cognitive Mechanisms.” STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 73, 2019, pp. 44–53, doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.05.013.
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van Eck, D. (2019). Constitutive relevance in cognitive science : the case of eye movements and cognitive mechanisms. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, 73, 44–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.05.013
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Eck, Dingmar van. 2019. “Constitutive Relevance in Cognitive Science : The Case of Eye Movements and Cognitive Mechanisms.” STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 73: 44–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.05.013.
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van Eck, Dingmar. 2019. “Constitutive Relevance in Cognitive Science : The Case of Eye Movements and Cognitive Mechanisms.” STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 73: 44–53. doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.05.013.
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van Eck D. Constitutive relevance in cognitive science : the case of eye movements and cognitive mechanisms. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. 2019;73:44–53.
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D. van Eck, “Constitutive relevance in cognitive science : the case of eye movements and cognitive mechanisms,” STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 73, pp. 44–53, 2019.
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