Explanation, representation and the dynamical hypothesis

被引:2
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作者
Symons, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Dept Philosophy, El Paso, TX 79968 USA
关键词
dynamical systems theory; explanation; representation;
D O I
10.1023/A:1011859328855
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
This paper challenges arguments that systematic patterns of intelligent behavior license the claim that representations must play a role in the cognitive system analogous to that played by syntactical structures in a computer program. In place of traditional computational models, I argue that research inspired by Dynamical Systems theory can support an alternative view of representations. My suggestion is that we treat linguistic and representational structures as providing complex multi-dimensional targets for the development of individual brains. This approach acknowledges the indispensability of the intentional or representational idiom in psychological explanation without locating representations in the brains of intelligent agents.
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页码:521 / 541
页数:21
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