tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718931137844429374.post7241614136454313864..comments2023-04-06T03:04:29.318-05:00Comments on The Bounds of Cognition: Here's a Nice Bit of IronyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539727534751588479noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718931137844429374.post-24459782766423916062011-02-20T11:24:34.361-06:002011-02-20T11:24:34.361-06:00Got it - just what one would naturally assume. I t...Got it - just what one would naturally assume. I thought it might be a bit more subtle. Thanks.Charles T. Wolvertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12309746685166449683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718931137844429374.post-13164577011469091612011-02-20T07:11:09.165-06:002011-02-20T07:11:09.165-06:001. Underdescribed.
2. Underdescribed.
3. Underde...1. Underdescribed.<br /><br />2. Underdescribed.<br /><br />3. Underdescribed.<br /><br />4. Representation.<br /><br />5. Representation.<br /><br />6. Representation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539727534751588479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718931137844429374.post-41258647384197399732011-02-19T10:55:58.472-06:002011-02-19T10:55:58.472-06:00This is completely OT, but since the thread seems ...This is completely OT, but since the thread seems to be terminally ill, perhaps I will be forgiven.<br /><br />I remain unclear as to what you guys mean when you talk about a "representation". So, which - if any - of the following would you so describe:<br /><br />1. for some specified set N of neurons assumed to be involved in a specified "mental function", some measure of the activity of the members of N<br /><br />2. the set of "states" (however defined) of the members of N<br /><br />3. same as 1 and 2 for a set of neurons where membership is specified other than by involvement in a "mental function" (and if so, what are some examples of such membership-determining specifications <br /><br />4. a mental image of (for example) an object, ie, the phenomenal experience associated with "seeing" the object<br /><br />5. The mental image of a remembered object (assuming there is such a thing)<br /><br />6. A set of "thoughts" that amount to a description of an object, whether in English or in Ken's "mentalese"<br /><br />Or am I on entirely the wrong tack?<br /><br />Thanks.Charles T. Wolvertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12309746685166449683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718931137844429374.post-23886531513736686722011-02-16T06:26:44.564-06:002011-02-16T06:26:44.564-06:00I've wondered about this. Is Andy just a victi...I've wondered about this. Is Andy just a victim of history, in that the functional analysis for a candidate task has, historically, been about the mental gymnastics required to achieve the goal? Traditional cognitive psychology puts all the action in the brain, and this action tends to be the list of things you need to achieve to perform the task; maybe the framing of the parity principle reflects this?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.com