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On the importance of pictorial representations for the symbolic / subsymbolic distinction

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Konnektionismus in Artificial Intelligence und Kognitionsforschung

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This paper is concerned with representational aspects of cognition. It is based on the two assumptions: that cognition is information processing and 2) that mental representations and their manipulation are essential for cognitive processes. Both assumptions are the basis of the cognitive science research program. Given these assumptions there are mainly two different representational positions.

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Mohnhaupt, M. (1990). On the importance of pictorial representations for the symbolic / subsymbolic distinction. In: Dorffner, G. (eds) Konnektionismus in Artificial Intelligence und Kognitionsforschung. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 252. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76070-9_8

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