?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=From+Cognition+to+Consciousness%3A%0D%0Aa+discussion+about+learning%2C+reality+representation+and+decision+making.&rft.creator=Guez%2C+Dr+David&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=The+scientific+understanding+of+cognition+and+consciousness+is+currently+hampered+by+the+lack+of+rigorous+and+universally+accepted+definitions+that+permit+comparative+studies.+This+paper+proposes+new+functional+and+un-+ambiguous+definitions+for+cognition+and+consciousness+in+order+to+provide+clearly+defined+boundaries+within+which+general+theories+of+cognition+and+consciousness+may+be+developed.+The+proposed+definitions+are+built+upon+the+construction+and+manipulation+of+reality+representation%2C+decision+making+and+learning+and+are+scoped+in+terms+of+an+underlying+logical+structure.+It+is+argued+that+the+presentation+of+reality+also+necessitates+the+concept+of+ab-+sence+and+the+capacity+to+perform+transitive+inference.+Explicit+predictions+relating+to+these+new+definitions%2C+along+with+possible+ways+to+test+them%2C+are+also+described+and+discussed.&rft.publisher=MIT&rft.date=2010&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7679%2F1%2FCognition%2520preprint.pdf&rft.identifier=++Guez%2C+Dr+David++(2010)+From+Cognition+to+Consciousness%3A+a+discussion+about+learning%2C+reality+representation+and+decision+making.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7679%2F