Steve Austin versus the symbol grounding problem Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:907468, abstract = {Harnad (1994) identifies the symbol grounding problem as central to his distinction between cognition and computation. To Harnad computation is merely the systematically interpretable manipulation of symbols, while cognition requires that these symbols have intrinsic meaning that is acquired through transducers that mediate between a cogitator and the environment. We present a careful analysis of the role of these transducers through the misadventures of Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man. Putting Steve through a series of scenarios allows us to analyze what role transducers play in cognition.}, address = {Darlinghurst, Australia, Australia}, author = {Taylor, John L. and Burgess, Scott A.}, booktitle = {CRPIT '03: Selected papers from conference on Computers and philosophy}, citeulike-article-id = {907468}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1082149}, keywords = {symbol-grounding}, pages = {21--25}, posted-at = {2006-10-20 06:39:33}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Australian Computer Society, Inc.}, title = {Steve Austin versus the symbol grounding problem}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1082149}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:907468 L3 - citeulike-article-id:907468 N2 - Harnad (1994) identifies the symbol grounding problem as central to his distinction between cognition and computation. To Harnad computation is merely the systematically interpretable manipulation of symbols, while cognition requires that these symbols have intrinsic meaning that is acquired through transducers that mediate between a cogitator and the environment. We present a careful analysis of the role of these transducers through the misadventures of Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man. Putting Steve through a series of scenarios allows us to analyze what role transducers play in cognition. AD - Darlinghurst, Australia, Australia EP - 25 TI - Steve Austin versus the symbol grounding problem PB - Australian Computer Society, Inc. T2 - CRPIT '03: Selected papers from conference on Computers and philosophy SP - 21 KW - symbol-grounding AU - Taylor, John AU - Burgess, Scott PY - 2003/// UR - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1082149 ER -