Hugh Clapin (1998) Mediation, Information and Error
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Psycoloquy 9(74): Mediation, Information and Error
MEDIATION, INFORMATION AND ERROR
Comment on Markman-Dietrich on Representation-Mediation
Hugh Clapin
School of Philosophy,
The University of Sydney
Sydney 2006
Australia
http://www.arts.su.edu.au/Arts/departs/philos/clapin/index.html
Hugh.Clapin@philosophy.usyd.edu.au
Abstract
Markman & Dietrich still want to hold that all
representational states carry information about their contents,
despite the well-known perils of the error problem.
Keywords
compositionality, computation, connectionism, discrete
states, dynamic Systems, explanation, information, meaning,
mediating states, representation, rules, semantic Content symbols
References
- Clapin, H. (1998) Representation is not Information. PSYCOLOQUY 98(9) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.64.representation-mediation.8.markman
- Dretske, F. (1981). Knowledge and the Flow of Information. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
- Dretske, F. (1988). Explaining Behavior. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
- Fodor, J. A. (1987). Psychosemantics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
- Fodor, J. A. (1990). A Theory of Content and Other Essays. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
- Markman, A.B. & Dietrich, E. (1998a). In Defense of Representation as Mediation. PSYCOLOQUY 98(9) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.48.representation-mediation.1.markman
- Markman, A.B. & Dietrich, E. (1998b). Mediating States, Information and Representation: Reply to Clapin on Representation-Mediation. PSYCOLOQUY 98(9) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.66.representation-mediation.10.markman