Dynamicism

Dynamicism, also termed dynamic cognition, is an approach in cognitive science popularized by the work of philosopher Tim van Gelder.{{Citation |title=What might cognition be, if not computation? |last=Tim |first=van Gelder |volume=91 |pages=345–381 |date=1995 |doi=10.2307/2941061 |journal=The Journal of Philosophy|issue=7 |jstor=2941061 }}{{Citation |title=The dynamical hypothesis in cognitive science |journal=Behavioral and Brain Sciences |last=Tim |first=van Gelder |volume=21 |pages=615–628 |date=October 1998 |issue=5 |doi=10.1017/S0140525X98001733|pmid=10097022 }} It argues that differential equations and dynamical systems are more suited to modeling cognition rather than the commonly used ideas of symbolicism, connectionism, or traditional computer models.{{Cite journal|last=Eliasmith|first=Chris|date=1996-12-01|title=The third contender: A critical examination of the Dynamicist theory of cognition|journal=Philosophical Psychology|volume=9|issue=4|pages=441–463|doi=10.1080/09515089608573194|issn=0951-5089}}{{Citation |title=The Varieties of Dynamicism |last=Zednik |first=Carlos |volume=31 |journal=Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society |date=2009 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9j96c8hr}} It is closely related to dynamical neuroscience.