Understanding Representation in the Cognitive Sciences: Does Representation Need Reality?

urrently a paradigm shift is occurring in for the conventional understanding of represen- which the traditional view of the brain as tions. The paper also summarizes the rationale for C representing the"things of the world" is the selection of contributions to this volume, which challenged in several respects. The present volume will roughly proceed from relatively"realist" c- is placed at the edge of this transition. Based on the ceptions of representation to more"constructivist" 1997 conference"New Trends in Cognitive Sci- interpretations.

The final chapter of discussions, ence" in Vienna, Austria, it tries to collect and in- taped during and at the end of the conference, p- grate evidence from various disciplines such as p- vides the reader with the possibility to reflect upon losophy of science, neuroscience, computational the different approaches and thus contributes to b- approaches, psychology, semiotics, evolutionary ter and more integrative understanding of their biology, social psychology etc., to foster a new thoughts and ideas. understanding of representation.

The subjective experience of an outside world This book has a truly interdisciplinary character. It seems to suggest a mapping process where environ- is presented in a form that is readily accessible to mental entities are projected into our mind via some professionals and students alike across the cognitive kind of transmission. While a profound critique of sciences such as neuroscience, computer science, this idea is nearly as old as philosophy, it has gained philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Book Details

• Authors: Alexander Riegler, Markus F Peschl, Astrid von Stein
• Publisher: Springer
• eBook ISBN: 9780585296050, 0585296057
• Print ISBN: 9780306462863, 0306462869