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Whither structured representation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

Arthur B. Markman  and
Eric Dietrich
Arthur B. Markman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 markman@psy.utexas.edu www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/faculty/markman/index.html
Eric Dietrich
Affiliation:
Program in Philosophy, Computers, and Cognitive Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 dietrich@binghamton.edu www.binghamton.edu/philosophy/home/faculty/index.html
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Abstract

The perceptual symbol system view assumes that perceptual representations have a role-argument structure. A role-argument structure is often incorporated into amodal symbol systems in order to explain conceptual functions like abstraction and rule use. The power of perceptual symbol systems to support conceptual functions is likewise rooted in its use of structure. On Barsalou's account, this capacity to use structure (in the form of frames) must be innate.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 626 - 627
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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