More on the research methods for investigating the evolution of skills from an information-processing approach

The questions, the methods, and the projects of the research program.

5. Questions about the approach, the methodology and falsification, and more general theory and speculation

• What is the relationship between theory, experimentation with simulation models, and 'real' data from observation and experimentation?
• what constitutes evidence for this inquiry?
• what constitutes falsification?
• What is the role of 'feasibility models' and 'falsification'?
• what is meant by 'competence' and 'completeness' in reference to a theory?
• what does it take for a 'better' theory to replace this one?
• what are the advantages and disadvantages of using abstract information processing rather than specific neural models?
• what is the relationship between the inner language and the 'outer language' of inter-individual skill-related information flows?
• Is there a relationship between Chomsky's universal grammar and the structure of the inner language?
• What is the relationship between individual-based skills and the semantics of the outer language?

5. Questions about the approach, the methodology and falsification, and more general theory and speculation

• What is the relationship between theory, experimentation with simulation models, and 'real' data from observation and experimentation?
• what constitutes evidence for this inquiry?
• what constitutes falsification?
• What is the role of 'feasibility models' and 'falsification'?
• what is meant by 'competence' and 'completeness' in reference to a theory?
• what does it take for a 'better' theory to replace this one?
• what are the advantages and disadvantages of using abstract information processing rather than specific neural models?
• what is the relationship between the inner language and the 'outer language' of inter-individual skill-related information flows?
• Is there a relationship between Chomsky's universal grammar and the structure of the inner language?
• What is the relationship between individual-based skills and the semantics of the outer language?