Grounding symbols in the analog world with neural nets - A hybrid model

Psycoloquy

Volumn 12, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-19

  Harnad, Stevan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analog processes; Category learning; Computationalism; Connectionism; Dynamical systems; Embodiment; Language; Meaning; Neural nets; Robotics; Searle; Sensorimotor capacity; Symbol grounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243097817     PISSN: 10550143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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