The systematicity arguments / by Kenneth Aizawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aizawa, Kenneth, 1961-

Series:

Studies in brain and mind

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Cognitive science--Philosophy.

Cognitive science.

Physical Description:

xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2003]

Summary:

The Systematicity Arguments is the only book-length treatment of the systematicity and productivity arguments. It explores each of the arguments in detail addressing the explanatory standard that is involved in the arguments, what is to be explained in the arguments, how diverse theories have attempted to meet the explanatory challenges of systematicity, and how successful these attempts have been. Classical, Connectionist, Tensor Product Theories of cognitive architecture, among others, are examined.

While not intended to be an introductory work, the book presupposes no familiarity with the leading theories of cognitive architecture or the systematicity and productivity arguments. The theories, the arguments, and their ramifications are explored in detail. The book is, therefore, suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and specialists in cognitive science, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of mind.

Contents:

1. The Structure of Cognitive Representations 1

1.1 Some Theories of Cognitive Architecture 1

2. Some History and Philosophy of Science 19

2.1 Copernican and Ptolemaic Astronomy 21

2.2 Darwinian Evolution and Creationism 25

2.3 What these Arguments have in Common 27

2.4 Some Broader Implications of our Explanatory Standards 36

3. The Productivity of Thought 43

3.1 The Productivity Argument 44

4. The Systematicity of Inference 57

4.1 What is the Systematicity of Inference? 57

4.2 The Case Against the Systematicity of Inference 64

4.3 Explaining the Systematicity of Inference 73

5. The Systematicity of Cognitive Representations 91

5.1 What is the Systematicity of Cognitive Representations? 91

5.2 Pure Atomistic Accounts of the Systematicity of Cognitive Representations 99

5.3 Classical Accounts of the Systematicity of Cognitive Representations 103

6. The Compositionality of Representations 117

6.1 What is the Semantic Relatedness of Thought? 118

6.2 Accounts of the Semantic Relatedness of Thought 124

6.3 A Second Argument 126

6.4 Other Co-occurrence Explananda? 132

6.5 What is Fodor and Pylyshyn's "Real" Argument? 135

6.6 The Tracking Argument and the Arguments from Psychological Processes 137

7. The Systematicity Arguments Applied to Connectionism 151

7.1 Chalmers's Active-Passive Transformation Model 152

7.2 Hadley and Hayward's Model of Strong Semantic Systematicity 160

8. Functional Combinatorialism 175

8.1 Godel numerals 177

8.2 Smolensky's Tensor Product Theory 187

9. An Alternative Cognitive Architecture 207

10. Taking the Brain Seriously 225

10.1 The Fundamental Neuropsychological Inference 227

10.2 More History of Science 229

10.3 The Inductive Risks of Neuropsychology 233

10.4 Parallel Distributed Processing 236

10.5 The Risk of Taking the Brain Seriously 240

11. Putting Matters in Perspective 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.

ISBN:

1402072716

1402072848

OCLC:

50755265