Information and Mental Representation
Information has been used to explain mental representation. However, whether it succeeds in explaining the mentality of mental representation is an issue. In my view, although there are some advantages of this approach, mental representation cannot be reduced to informational processes for two reaso...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2020-06-01
|
| Series: | Proceedings |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/47/1/51 |
| id |
doaj-80d89594e83e49fda573698d1967ca80 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
Article |
| spelling |
doaj-80d89594e83e49fda573698d1967ca802020-11-25T03:24:10ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002020-06-0147515110.3390/proceedings2020047051Information and Mental RepresentationWei Jiang0School of Marxism, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, ChinaInformation has been used to explain mental representation. However, whether it succeeds in explaining the mentality of mental representation is an issue. In my view, although there are some advantages of this approach, mental representation cannot be reduced to informational processes for two reasons. First, informational processes cannot cover the distinctively subjective feature of mental representation, Second, informational processes cannot characterize the semantic properties of mental representation. Furthermore, I have some doubts regarding the intelligence of AI based on the problems of the informational approach to mental representation.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/47/1/51informationmental representationsemantic |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
English |
| format |
Article |
| sources |
DOAJ |
| author |
Wei Jiang |
| spellingShingle |
Wei Jiang Information and Mental Representation Proceedings information mental representation semantic |
| author_facet |
Wei Jiang |
| author_sort |
Wei Jiang |
| title |
Information and Mental Representation |
| title_short |
Information and Mental Representation |
| title_full |
Information and Mental Representation |
| title_fullStr |
Information and Mental Representation |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Information and Mental Representation |
| title_sort |
information and mental representation |
| publisher |
MDPI AG |
| series |
Proceedings |
| issn |
2504-3900 |
| publishDate |
2020-06-01 |
| description |
Information has been used to explain mental representation. However, whether it succeeds in explaining the mentality of mental representation is an issue. In my view, although there are some advantages of this approach, mental representation cannot be reduced to informational processes for two reasons. First, informational processes cannot cover the distinctively subjective feature of mental representation, Second, informational processes cannot characterize the semantic properties of mental representation. Furthermore, I have some doubts regarding the intelligence of AI based on the problems of the informational approach to mental representation. |
| topic |
information mental representation semantic |
| url |
https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/47/1/51 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT weijiang informationandmentalrepresentation |
| _version_ |
1724602939649032192 |