Mental States

Name: Mental States | Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature
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Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature

Andrea C. Schalley Drew Khlentzos(Herausgeber*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 13. Dezember 2007

XII, 304 Seiten

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Mental States. Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Preface
List of contributors
1. Mental states
2. Lithic design space modelling and cognition in Homo floresiensis
1 Introduction
2 Lithic design space
3 Lithic design space and cognition
4 Lithic design space and the standard story of stone technology
5 The stone toolkit of Homo floresiensis
6 Cognition in Homo floresiensis
Acknowledgements
References
3. "As large as you need and as small as you can"
1 The pattern of brain size and body size changes among hominins
2 The selectionist explanation of brain size and body size evolution
3 The brain and body of Homo floresiensis
4 Cognitive implications of the selectionist model for Homo floresiensis
References
4. Homo on Flores
1 Introduction
2 Some existing patterns of argument regarding hominin cranial morphology, behavioural complexity, and the dating of "human" cognitive and linguistic skills
3 The Flores hominins
4 Implications of the Flores hominins for the evolution of cognition and language
5 Conclusion
References
5. Evolving artificial minds and brains
1 Introduction
2 Mental representations in explanations of intelligent behavior
3 Modeling the simplest forms of intelligence
4 What the representations are in the models
Acknowledgements
References
6. Multi-agent communication, planning, and collaboration based on perceptions, conceptions, and simulations
1 Introduction
2 Cued and detached representations
3 Cognitive capabilities for agents
4 Cognitive capabilities for playing soccer robots
5 Discussion
References
7. The modal-logical interpretation of the causation of bodily actions
1 Introduction
2 Conceptual structure and modal formulae
3 Action as a set of rotations
4 Sample action
5 Conceptual structure for kick
6 Rotations and turns in kicking action
7 Microstructure of causation of action
8 Concluding remarks
References
8. Do we access object manipulabilitywhile we categorize?
1 Introduction
2 Experiment 1
3 Experiment 2
4 General discussion
5 Conclusion and implication for cognitive science
Acknowledgements
References
9. Speaking without the cerebellum
1 Preliminary note
2 Introduction
3 Materials and method
4 Results
5 Discussion
References
10. Ontologies as a cue for the metaphorical meaning of technical concepts
1 Introduction
2 The problem of metaphorical meaning
3 Heuristic-Driven Theory Projection and ontological knowledge
4 The application of HDTP to technical concepts
5 Concluding remarks and further research
References
11. Anti-realist assumptions and challenges inphilosophy of mind
1 Introduction
2 Challenge or refutation?
3 The K=T Conjecture
4 Application of K=T: The Knowledge Argument
References
12. Vagueness, supertranslatability,and conceptual schemes
1 Introduction
2 Davidson's first argument against conceptual schemes
3 Davidson's second argument against conceptual schemes
4 An adaptation of Simmel's thought experiment
5 Are Simmelian and English intertranslatable?
6 Super-translatability introduced
7 Super-translatability enables a Simmelian truth-tester to test whether the English conceptual scheme is largely true
8 English and Simmelian, two languages with non-radically different conceptual schemes
9 Concluding remarks
References
13. Visual representation in a naturalcommunication system
1 Introduction
2 Representation in speech-centred communication: Abstract symbols and depiction
3 Representation in signed communication: Abstract symbols
4 Representation in signed communication: Depiction
5 Tracing the stimulus to visual-spatial categories: CPs and sister systems
6 Conclusion
References
14. Hidden units in child language
1 Introduction
2 The semantic subset principle
3 Entailments of focus operators
4 Covert negation and conjunction in adult language
5 Covert negation and conjunction in child language
6 Conclusion
Name index
Subject index
Table of contents of volume 2
The Studies in Language Companion Series

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