TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints542
UR  - http://cogprints.org/542/
A1  - MacLennan, Bruce J.
Y1  - 1993/06//
N2  - In this commentary on Harnad's "Grounding Symbols in the Analog World with Neural Nets: A Hybrid Model," the issues of symbol grounding and analog (continuous) computation are separated, it is argued that symbol graounding is as important an issue for analog cognitive models as for digital (discrete) models. The similarities and differences between continuous and discrete computation are discussed, as well as the grounding of continuous representations. A continuous analog of the Chinese Room is presented.
KW  - analog
KW  -  analogue
KW  -  continuous computation
KW  -  Harnad
KW  -  symbol grounding
KW  -  neural network
KW  -  differential equation
KW  -  difference equation
KW  -  implementation independence
KW  -  interpretation
KW  -  representation
KW  -  computability
KW  -  systematicity
KW  -  connectionism
KW  -  Searle
KW  -  Chinese room
KW  -  other minds
KW  -  intentionality
KW  -  synthetic ethology
KW  -  continuous versus discrete
TI  - Grounding Analog Computers
SP  - 48
AV  - public
EP  - 51
ER  -

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