In defense of representation as mediation

Psycoloquy

Volumn 9, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Markman, Arthur B ^a   Dietrich, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositionality; Computation; Connectionism; Discretestates; Dynamic systems; Explanation; Information; Meaning; Mediating states; Representation; Rules; Semantic Content symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002301487     PISSN: 10550143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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