Tractable Competence
Author: Frixione M.1
Source: Minds and Machines, Volume 11, Number 3, August 2001 , pp. 379-397(19)
Publisher: Springer
Abstract:
In the study of cognitive processes, limitations on computational resources (computing time and memory space) are usually considered to be beyond the scope of a theory of competence, and to be exclusively relevant to the study of performance. Starting from considerations derived from the theory of computational complexity, in this paper I argue that there are good reasons for claiming that some aspects of resource limitations pertain to the domain of a theory of competence.
Keywords: competence vs. performance; computational complexity; levels of cognitive explanation
Language: English
Document Type: Regular paper
Affiliations: 1: Department of Communication Sciences, University of Salerno, via Ponte Don Melillo, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy; E-mail: frix@distunige. it

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