John H. Andreae (1998) A Robot Brain With Mediating States
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Psycoloquy 9(59): A Robot Brain With Mediating States
A ROBOT BRAIN WITH MEDIATING STATES
Commentary on Markman-Dietrich on Representation-Mediation
John H. Andreae
Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
andreae@elec.canterbury.ac.nz
Abstract
The concept of a mediating state is identified in general
systems theory, but it becomes valuable in explaining how a general
learning robot develops a relationship with its environment. The
definition of mediating state should be given in terms of Shannon's
(1948) original concept of information.
Keywords
compositionality, computation, connectionism, discrete
states, dynamic Systems, explanation, information, meaning,
mediating states, representation, rules, semantic Content symbols
References
- Andreae, J.H. (1998) Associative Learning for a Robot Intelligence. London: Imperial College Press.
- Bates, E. (1979) The Emergence of Symbols. New York: Academic Press.
- Markman, A.B. & Dietrich, E. (1998) In Defense of Representation as Mediation. PSYCOLOQUY 9 (48) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.48.representation-mediation.1.markman
- Shannon, C.E. (1948) The Mathematical Theory of Communication. Reprinted in Shannon & Weaver (1949) The Mathematical Theory of Communication. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
- Smith, B.C. (1996) On the Origin of Objects. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press.
- Wagman, M. (1998) The Ultimate Objectives of Artificial Intelligence. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.