ABSTRACT
Stankov begins by setting up a strawperson to which he then devotes some pages to knocking down. ‘It [the Levels theory] is too limited in its scope to function as a theory of the organization of the whole broad range of human cognitive abilities’ (p. 25), he writes, and one can only agree. First, the Levels theory was not designed for this purpose. Second, every other theory that has ever been developed must face the same criticism. If a theory were produced which explained ‘the whole broad range of human cognitive abilities’ it would be time for us all to seek another area of investigation.
