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Issues of implementation matter for representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

Francisco Calvo Garzón*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Murcia, Facultad de Filosofía, Edif. Luis Vives, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia, 30100, Spain

Abstract:

I argue that a dynamical framing of the emulation theory of representation may be at odds with its articulation in Grush's information-processing terms. An architectural constraint implicit in the emulation theory may have consequences not envisaged in the target article. In my view, “how the emulator manages to implement the forward mapping” is pivotal with regard to whether we have an emulation theory of representation, as opposed to an emulation theory of (mere) applied forces.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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