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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The role of representation in computation |
Author: | O'Brien, G. Opie, J. |
Citation: | Cognitive Processing: international quarterly of cognitive science, 2009; 10(1):53-62 |
Publisher: | Springer-Verlag |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 1612-4782 1612-4790 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Gerard O’Brien, Jon Opie |
Abstract: | Reformers urge that representation no longer earns its explanatory keep in cognitive science, and that it is time to discard this troublesome concept. In contrast, we hold that without representation cognitive science is utterly bereft of tools for explaining natural intelligence. In order to defend the latter position, we focus on the explanatory role of representation in computation. We examine how the methods of digital and analog computation are used to model a relatively simple target system, and show that representation plays an in-eliminable explanatory role in both cases. We conclude that, to the extent that biologic systems engage in computation, representation is destined to play an explanatory role in cognitive science. |
Keywords: | Analog Computation Digital Representation |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10339-008-0227-x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10339-008-0227-x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Philosophy publications |
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