Authors' Response to Commentaries on Hypothesis

Authors’ Response to Commentaries

According to Wilson (1), ‘‘. . . any plausible unifying theory that seeks to marry longevity, functional disability, and health perception must involve political, social, cultural, psychological, and economic factors.’’ On the contrary, Fries (2) states: ‘‘A general theory of biological aging . . . needs to precede a general theory of population aging, which then could be derived from it, and i...

Disentangling Dynamics, Computation and Cognition Author's Response to Commentaries on " the Dynamical Hypothesis in Cognitive

The nature of the dynamical hypothesis in cognitive science (the DH) is further clarified in responding to various criticisms and objections raised in commentaries. Major topics addressed include the definitions of “dynamical system” and “digital computer;” the DH as Law of Qualitative Structure; the DH as an ontological claim; the multiple-realizability of dynamical models; the level at which ...

Response to commentaries.

Dr Klein‟s assertions about the origins of registers on drug-related death are inaccurate, probably due to misunderstanding some of the fundamental epidemiological indicators of drug misuse, including mortality. Whilst it is true that there were many deaths involving the misuse of opium, typically as laudanum, in the nineteenth century, the need for civil registration of deaths in the UK introd...

Latham’s Response to Commentaries

Response to commentaries.

In most cases, authors feel privileged to receive even one set of careful comments on a research article. To receive so many responses from such a distinguished group of researchers is an extraordinarily rare event. Obviously, those responses are quite varied, expressing a wide range of views on the contribution of the Berkovec, Canner, Gabriel, and Hannan (BCGH) article. In part, the diversity...