Semantic Naturalization via Interactive Perceptual Causality Export

@article{citeulike:3156155, abstract = {Abstract  A novel semantic naturalization program is proposed. Its three main differences from informational semantics approaches are as follows. First, it makes use of a perceptually based, four-factor interactive causal relation in place of a simple nomic covariance relation. Second, it does not attempt to globally naturalize all semantic concepts, but instead it appeals to a broadly realist interpretation of natural science, in which the concept of propositional truth is off-limits to naturalization attempts. And third, it treats all semantic concepts as being purely abstract, so that concrete cognitive states are only indexed by them rather than instantiating them.}, author = {Dilworth, John}, citeulike-article-id = {3156155}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11023-008-9116-4}, doi = {10.1007/s11023-008-9116-4}, journal = {Minds and Machines}, keywords = {abstraction, cognitive, conceptual, informational, naturalistic, semantics}, pages = {527--546}, posted-at = {2009-08-31 17:18:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Semantic Naturalization via Interactive Perceptual Causality}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11023-008-9116-4}, volume = {18} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3156155 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3156155 N2 - Abstract  A novel semantic naturalization program is proposed. Its three main differences from informational semantics approaches are as follows. First, it makes use of a perceptually based, four-factor interactive causal relation in place of a simple nomic covariance relation. Second, it does not attempt to globally naturalize all semantic concepts, but instead it appeals to a broadly realist interpretation of natural science, in which the concept of propositional truth is off-limits to naturalization attempts. And third, it treats all semantic concepts as being purely abstract, so that concrete cognitive states are only indexed by them rather than instantiating them. JF - Minds and Machines EP - 546 TI - Semantic Naturalization via Interactive Perceptual Causality VL - 18 SP - 527 KW - abstraction KW - cognitive KW - conceptual KW - informational KW - naturalistic KW - semantics AU - Dilworth, John UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11023-008-9116-4 ER -