title: A theoretical framework for the study of spatial cognition
creator: Tirassa, Maurizio
creator: Carassa, Antonella
creator: Geminiani, Giuliano
subject: Psychobiology
subject: Animal Cognition
subject: Evolution
subject: Comparative Psychology
subject: Philosophy of Mind
subject: Epistemology
description: We argue that the locomotion of organisms is better understood as a form of interaction with a subjective environment, rather than as a set of behaviors allegedly amenable to objective descriptions. An organism's interactions with its subjective environment are in turn understandable in terms of its cognitive architecture. We propose a large-scale classification of the possible types of cognitive architectures, giving a sketch of the subjective structure that each of them superimposes on space and of the relevant consequences on locomotion. The classification comprises a main division between nonrepresentational and representational architectures and further subdivisions.
publisher: Benjamins
contributor: O'Nuallain, Sean
date: 2000
type: Book Chapter
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/3552/1/2000-Space.pdf
identifier:   Tirassa, Maurizio and Carassa, Antonella and Geminiani, Giuliano  (2000) A theoretical framework for the study of spatial cognition.  [Book Chapter]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/3552/