| Understanding Representation in the Cognitive Sciences: Does Representation Need Reality? 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Riegler, Alexander (Editor), Peschl, Markus (Editor), Von Stein, Astrid (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306462869 ISBN-13: 9780306462863 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: This volume argues in favor of rethinking basic issues in cognitive science in the context of recent developments. Some issues that are investigated include: the importance of simulation as a methodological tool for theory development in cognitive science, the necessity of linguistic transparency in models of cognition, and the embodiment of knowledge in its substratum, for example, in neural structure. The volume sketches the epistemological and methodological implications for cognitive science and its related disciplines. These issues include the evolution of semantics and symbol grounding as well as the design of autonomous systems acting in the real' world, either as robots or as software. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Medical | Neurology - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 006.3 |
| LCCN: 99086377 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7" W x 10" (1.71 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: urrently a paradigm shift is occurring in for the conventional understanding of represen- which the traditional view of the brain as tions. The paper also summarizes the rationale for C representing the "things of the world" is the selection of contributions to this volume, which challenged in several respects. The present volume will roughly proceed from relatively "realist" c- is placed at the edge of this transition. Based on the ceptions of representation to more "constructivist" 1997 conference "New Trends in Cognitive Sci- interpretations. The final chapter of discussions, ence" in Vienna, Austria, it tries to collect and in- taped during and at the end of the conference, p- grate evidence from various disciplines such as p- vides the reader with the possibility to reflect upon losophy of science, neuroscience, computational the different approaches and thus contributes to b- approaches, psychology, semiotics, evolutionary ter and more integrative understanding of their biology, social psychology etc., to foster a new thoughts and ideas. understanding of representation. The subjective experience of an outside world This book has a truly interdisciplinary character. It seems to suggest a mapping process where environ- is presented in a form that is readily accessible to mental entities are projected into our mind via some professionals and students alike across the cognitive kind of transmission. While a profound critique of sciences such as neuroscience, computer science, this idea is nearly as old as philosophy, it has gained philosophy, psychology, and sociology. |