Facts about the brain may be irrelevant
Structures at different levels of organisation are often dissimilar. Thinking may have little in common with the neural structures it's implemented in. Basing a theory of cognitive architecture on a theory about the brain requires care.
For example, rocks and rivers have little in common with the atoms they are constructed of.

Jerry Fodor & Zenon Pylyshyn, 1988.
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Facts about the brain may be irrelevant
Biology relevant to a theory of cognition »Biology relevant to a theory of cognition
Functional aspects of implementation are relevant »Functional aspects of implementation are relevant
Jerry Fodor »Jerry Fodor
Zenon Pylyshyn »Zenon Pylyshyn
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