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Representation and Reality in Humans, Other Living Organisms and Intelligent Machines

  • Reflects received view in empirical science that there is something we can call 'reality' for an agent, and that agents use 'representations' in their interactions with the environment
  • Examines what capacities can be plausibly computed and discusses the most promising approaches
  • Looks for a common link between reality-constructing agents, such as humans, and other living organisms
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 28)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Computational Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Knowledge, Representation and the Dynamics of Computation

      • Jan van Leeuwen, Jiří Wiedermann
      Pages 69-89
    3. Abstraction and Representation in Living Organisms: When Does a Biological System Compute?

      • Dominic Horsman, Viv Kendon, Susan Stepney, J. P. W. Young
      Pages 91-116
    4. The Information-Theoretic and Algorithmic Approach to Human, Animal, and Artificial Cognition

      • Nicolas Gauvrit, Hector Zenil, Jesper Tegnér
      Pages 117-139
    5. Using Computational Models of Object Recognition to Investigate Representational Change Through Development

      • Dean Petters, John Hummel, Martin Jüttner, Elley Wakui, Jules Davidoff
      Pages 141-173
  3. Natural Sciences Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
    2. Reality Construction in Cognitive Agents Through Processes of Info-computation

      • Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Rickard von Haugwitz
      Pages 211-232
  4. Philosophical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
  5. Logical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277

About this book

This book enriches our views on representation and deepens our understanding of its different aspects. It arises out of several years of dialog between the editors and the authors, an interdisciplinary team of highly experienced researchers, and it reflects the best contemporary view of representation and reality in humans, other living beings, and intelligent machines. 

Structured into parts on the cognitive, computational, natural sciences, philosophical, logical, and machine perspectives, a theme of the field and the book is building and presenting networks, and the editors hope that the contributed chapters will spur understanding and collaboration between researchers in domains such as computer science, philosophy, logic, systems theory, engineering, psychology, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, linguistics, and synthetic biology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Gothenburg, Sweden

    Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

  • Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical Lateran University, Vatican City, Italy

    Raffaela Giovagnoli

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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