ABSTRACT

This chapter summarizes the results of Chapters 1 through 5 and considers mutual constraints between phenomenology and dynamical-mechanistic models in cognitive science. On the one hand, empirical research can test phenomenological hypotheses, including ones concerning the functional and dynamical structure of the target phenomenon. On the other hand, it is argued that dynamical-mechanistic models can play a role in extending the phenomenological method and thus allowing for new eidetic intuitions.