Overview
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Alexander Riegler
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Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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Markus Peschl
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University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Astrid Stein
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University/ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Position Paper
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- Markus F. Peschl, Alexander Riegler
Pages 9-17
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Different Facets of Representation
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Cognition as a Dynamical System
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- Marius Usher, Ernst Niebur
Pages 135-142
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Relevance of Action for Representation
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Alexander Riegler
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University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Markus Peschl
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University/ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Astrid Stein