?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Filling+in+versus+finding+out%3A+A+ubiquitous+confusion+in+cognitive+science&rft.creator=Dennett%2C+Daniel&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=One+of+the+things+you+learn+if+you+read+books+and+articles+in+(or+about)+cognitive+science+is+that+the+brain+does+a+lot+of+%22filling+in%22--not+filling+in%2C+but+%22filling+in%22--in+scare+quotes.+My+claim+today+will+be+that+this+way+of+talking+is+not+a+safe+bit+of+shorthand%2C+or+an+innocent+bit+of+temporizing%2C+but+a+source+of+deep+confusion+and+error.+The+phenomena+described+in+terms+of+%22filling+in%22+are+real%2C+surprising%2C+and+theoretically+important%2C+but+it+is+a+mistake+to+conceive+of+them+as+instances+of+something+being+filled+in%2C+for+that+vivid+phrase+always+suggests+too+much--sometimes+a+little+too+much%2C+but+often+a+lot+too+much.+Here+are+some+examples+(my+boldface+throughout).&rft.publisher=American+Psychological+Association&rft.contributor=Pick%2C+Van+den+Broek&rft.date=1992&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F267%2F1%2Ffillin.htm&rft.identifier=++Dennett%2C+Daniel++(1992)+Filling+in+versus+finding+out%3A+A+ubiquitous+confusion+in+cognitive+science.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F267%2F