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<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Grounding symbols in sensorimotor categories with neural networks"^^ . "It is unlikely that the systematic, compositional properties of formal symbol systems -- i.e., of\ncomputation -- play no role at all in cognition. However, it is equally unlikely that cognition is just\ncomputation, because of the symbol grounding problem (Harnad 1990): The symbols in a symbol\nsystem are systematically interpretable, by external interpreters, as meaning something, and that is a\nremarkable and powerful property of symbol systems. Cognition (i.e., thinking), has this property too:\nOur thoughts are systematically interpretable by external interpreters as meaning something. However,\nunlike symbols in symbol systems, thoughts mean what they mean autonomously: Their meaning does\nnot consist of or depend on anyone making or being able to make any external interpretations of them\nat all. When I think \"the cat is on the mat,\" the meaning of that thought is autonomous; it does not\ndepend on YOUR being able to interpret it as meaning that (even though you could interpret it that\nway, and you would be right)."^^ . "1995" . . . . . . . . "Stevan"^^ . "Harnad"^^ . "Stevan Harnad"^^ . . . . . . "Grounding symbols in sensorimotor categories with neural networks (HTML)"^^ . . . "harnad95.iee.html"^^ . . . "Grounding symbols in sensorimotor categories with neural networks (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #1593 \n\nGrounding symbols in sensorimotor categories with neural networks\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Artificial Intelligence" . . . "Dynamical Systems" . . . "Neural Nets" . . . "Perceptual Cognitive Psychology" . .