(Non)Issues of Infinite Regress in Modeling Motor Behavior |
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Authors: | Robert M. Kohl Haim A. Ben-David |
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Affiliation: | 1. Division of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation , Wayne State University;2. Department of Psychology , Wayne State University |
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Abstract: | In the past, infinite regress criticisms that have been raised about models of motor behavior have been reserved for executive-type models (e.g., Beek & Meijer, 1988). On the basis of Gödel's (1930/1986) proof that an algorithm cannot prove its own validity, the authors reason that executive- as well as self-organized-type explanatory models of motor behavior have infinite regress difficulties. The conclusion offered in the present article is that judgments on a model's theoretical importance should be based not on issues of infinite regress but on other relevant characteristics, such as its propensity for falsification (Popper, 1959). |
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Keywords: | infinite regress models self-organization theories |
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