--- abstract: 'Problem solving research is in need for re-thinking main questions. The purpose of this paper is a stock-taking of some of the identified problems, to discuss potential remedies for them, and to look for future perspectives. I see three areas for discussion: (1) What are the phenomena to be explained? (2) What methods should be used? What methodology is appropriate to the subject? (3) What is the progress in theory since the legendary work from Newell and Simon (1972)? What can we expect from new data sources? How can we relate data to theoretical assumptions?' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: 'July 23-27, 2014' conference: 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society confloc: 'Quebec, Canada' contact_email: ~ creators_id: - funke@uni-hd.de creators_name: - family: Funke given: Joachim honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2014 date_type: published datestamp: 2017-02-18 22:04:34 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/98/30 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Bello given: Paul honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Guarini given: Marcello honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: McShane given: Marjorie honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Scassellati given: Brian honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 9830 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/9830/1/Funke%202014%20questions.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: methodology; problem solving; questions lastmod: 2017-02-18 22:04:34 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: 493-498 pubdom: TRUE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 9 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2017-02-18 22:04:34 subjects: - cog-psy succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Problem solving: What are the important questions?' type: confpaper userid: 78 volume: ~