?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Grounding+symbols+in+sensorimotor+categories+with+neural+networks&rft.creator=Harnad%2C+Stevan&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=It+is+unlikely+that+the+systematic%2C+compositional+properties+of+formal+symbol+systems+--+i.e.%2C+of%0Acomputation+--+play+no+role+at+all+in+cognition.+However%2C+it+is+equally+unlikely+that+cognition+is+just%0Acomputation%2C+because+of+the+symbol+grounding+problem+(Harnad+1990)%3A+The+symbols+in+a+symbol%0Asystem+are+systematically+interpretable%2C+by+external+interpreters%2C+as+meaning+something%2C+and+that+is+a%0Aremarkable+and+powerful+property+of+symbol+systems.+Cognition+(i.e.%2C+thinking)%2C+has+this+property+too%3A%0AOur+thoughts+are+systematically+interpretable+by+external+interpreters+as+meaning+something.+However%2C%0Aunlike+symbols+in+symbol+systems%2C+thoughts+mean+what+they+mean+autonomously%3A+Their+meaning+does%0Anot+consist+of+or+depend+on+anyone+making+or+being+able+to+make+any+external+interpretations+of+them%0Aat+all.+When+I+think+%22the+cat+is+on+the+mat%2C%22+the+meaning+of+that+thought+is+autonomous%3B+it+does+not%0Adepend+on+YOUR+being+able+to+interpret+it+as+meaning+that+(even+though+you+could+interpret+it+that%0Away%2C+and+you+would+be+right).&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1593%2F1%2Fharnad95.iee.html&rft.identifier=++Harnad%2C+Stevan++(1995)+Grounding+symbols+in+sensorimotor+categories+with+neural+networks.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1593%2F