Understanding Representation in the Cognitive Sciences: Does Representation Need Reality?

ISBN-13: 9780306462863 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 304 str.

Alex Riegler; Markus Peschl; Astrid Von Stein

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Position Paper. Different Facets of Representation. Computational Approaches. Cognition as a Dynamical System. Relevance of Action for Representation. Symbol Grounding and Language. Communication and Social Coupling. Qualitative Aspects of Representation and Consciousness. Constructivism. Appendix.

O autorze

Alexander Riegler (Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Techn., Technische Universität Wien) arbeitet am Institut für Philosophie der Katholischen Universität Löwen (Belgien) und hat zuvor an den Universitäten Wien, Zürich und Brüssel geforscht und gelehrt. Er ist Herausgeber der interdisziplinären Fachzeitschrift ConstructivistFoundations. Seine mehr als 50 Publikationen befassen sich mit Problemen aus den Bereichen Künstliche Intelligenz, Kognitionswissenschaft, Evolutionstheorie und Analytische Philosophie.