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Innovation and the grain problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2007

Anne Russon ,
Kristin Andrews  and
Brian Huss
Anne Russon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M6, Canada; ARusson@gl.yorku.ca
Kristin Andrews
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada; andrewsk@yorku.cahttp://www.yorku.ca/andrewsk
Brian Huss
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, State University of New York–Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676. hussbd@potsdam.edu
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Abstract

Our concern is with Ramsey et al.'s method for identifying innovation. We show that either it yields false positives or the authors offer insufficient guidance for its application. To avoid these results, the authors need to modify the key or offer better guidelines for delineating input. Either choice requires addressing the processes that generate a behavior.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 422 - 423
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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