What is the most misunderstood and abused term/concept in your field?
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Do you know of any good definitions of these terms within the context of cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind?
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Mechanism. I’m going to quote
@russpoldrack & Farah, 2016: “By mechanism we mean the causal chain of events that result in the realization of a function.” Again I think@evantthompson disagrees.2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
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Mechanism requires decomposition (analysis into parts) and localization of function (parts have specific functions). So mechanistic analysis faces severe limitations for complex systems in which decomposition and localization don't work very well.
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Not sure I agree with that definition. There are plenty of examples of emergent or dynamic mechanisms. Isn't a mechanism just something that does causal work?
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You can use "mechanism" that way if you want, but I think it's too vague--"causal work" is extremely capacious.
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