creators_name: Spurrett, David
creators_id: 466
type: preprint
datestamp: 2003-10-04
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:21
metadata_visibility: show
title: What about embodiment?
subjects: BBS
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
full_text_status: public
keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Theory of Cognition, Distributed Cognition, Embodiment
abstract: I present reasons for adding an 'embodiment' criterion to the list defended by Anderson and Lebiere. I also entertain a likely objection contending that embodiment is merely a type of 'dynamic behavior', and is therefore covered by the target article. In either case, it turns out that neither connectionism nor ACT-R do particularly well when it comes to embodiment.

date: 2003
date_type: published
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Spurrett, Dr David  (2003) What about embodiment?  [Preprint]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3169/1/spurrett.html