"Some skeptics, such as the cognitive scientist Zenon Pylyshyn, argue that images are “epiphenomenal.”"
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(2006), How We Reason, p. 31
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Zenon Pylyshyn
Zenon Walter Pylyshyn (born August 25 1937) (died December 6 2022 ) was a Canadian cognitive scientist and philosopher, and Professor of Psychology and Computer science at the . He was known for his work in the field of computation and cognition.
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