Structural Representations and the Brain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8396199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oron Shagrir (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 519-545 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axr038 |
| OpenAlex | W2332452888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 42 |
In Representation Reconsidered, William Ramsey suggests that the notion of structural representation is posited by classical theories of cognition, but not by the ‘newer accounts’ (e.g. connectionist modeling). I challenge the assertion about the newer accounts. I argue that the newer accounts also posit structural representations; in fact, the notion plays a key theoretical role in the current computational approaches in cognitive neuroscience. The argument rests on a close examination of computational work on the oculomotor system. 1 Introduction 2 Structural Representation 3 Ramsey's Argument 4 A Brief Review of Computational Work on Oculomotor Memory 5 The Memory Network as Structural Representation 6 Objection 1: The Memory States are not Internal Representations 7 Objection 2: The Memory States are not Real Representations 8 Summary
Argument (complex analysis) · Assertion · Cognition · Cognitive science · Computational model · Connectionism · Epistemology · Key (lock) · Representation (politics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Law · Neural dynamics and brain function · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
Representation in Cognitive Science
Neurocognitive Mechanisms
Against neuroclassicism
Maps, Simulations, Spaces and Dynamics
The structure of analog representation
Similarity-based cognition
Structural representations do not meet the job description challenge
Predictive processing and anti-representationalism
Investigating neural representations
Contents, vehicles, and complex data analysis in neuroscience
Neural representations unobserved—or
Representations gone mental
Organized representations forming a computationally useful processing structure
Are representations glorified receptors? On use and usage of mental representations
Decoding Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Models Are Distinguished by Content, Not Format
Understanding Structural Representations
Neurophilosophy at Work
Vision
Representation Reconsidered
Representations, Targets, and Attitudes
Languages of Art
Explaining Behavior
Connectionism and cognitive architecture
The emulation theory of representation
Reinflating the semantic approach
Neural networks and physical systems with emergent collective computational abilities.
Psychosemantics
Mental Models
Structural representation and surrogative reasoning
Computation vs. information processing
Brains as analog-model computers
How Models Are Used to Represent Reality
Marr on Computational-Level Theories
William M. Ramsey Representation Reconsidered
Scientific Representation
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |