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From: mds@iastate.edu (Mark D. Smucker)
Subject: Re: Biological Plausibility (was Re: 6 legged beast)
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In article <1992Aug6.194634.17166@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> rwmurphr@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert W Murphree) writes:
>Ron Brooks had some article I never read entitled "the whole iguana"
>which talked about trying to simulate something really complex like
>a lizard.  

Dennett, D. C. ``Why not the whole iguana.'' 

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences  (1978) p103-104


In this short article Dennett proposes that cognitive scientists
should try to model whole cognitive creatures instead of working on
specific parts of cognition; visual, audition, language, etc.

This idea forms a basis for the study of artificial life.  Dr. Brooks'
ideas of ``situatedness'' and ``embodiment'' also fit nicely into this
framework.

Mark D. Smucker  ---  mds@iastate.edu

