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(1990) Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer.
The computational theory of mind and constraints on the notions of symbol and mental representation
René J. Jorna
pp. 275-283
In this article I will show in what sense symbol systems and representations are necessary theoretical aspects in the study of human cognition. The article consists of three sections. In the first section I will discuss three central notions in cognitive psychology and I will demonstrate how these notions can be transformed into criteria in order to characterize and compare theories of mental representation. In the second section I will demonstrate the use of these criteria with Kosslyn's (1980) theory of pictorial representations.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9688-8_27
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Jorna, R. J. (1990)., The computational theory of mind and constraints on the notions of symbol and mental representation, in M. E. Hyland, W. J. Baker, R. Van Hezewijk & S. J. S. Terwee (eds.), Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 275-283.
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