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

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

Riegler, Alexander
Peschl, Markus
Von Stein, Astrid

Hardcover

PhilosophyMedical ReferenceGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 0306462869
ISBN13: 9780306462863
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jan 31 2000
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.71
Height: 0.75 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
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.

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