Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal
symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain's modal systems for perception …

Abstract “Embodied” proposals claim that the meaning of at least some words, concepts and
constructions is grounded in knowledge about actions and objects. An alternative …

A comprehensive overview of an interdisciplinary approach to robotics that takes direct
inspiration from the developmental and learning phenomena observed in children's …

There has been much discussion recently about the scope and limits of purely symbolic
models of the mind and about the proper role of connectionism in cognitive modeling. This …

Luciano Floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information. PI
is the philosophical field concerned with (1) the critical investigation of the conceptual nature …

Differences can be perceived as gradual and quantitative, as with different shades of gray,
or they can be perceived as more abrupt and qualitative, as with different colors. The first is …

Notions of embodiment, situatedness, and dynamics are increasingly being debated in
cognitive sci ence. However, these debates are often carried out in the absence of concrete …

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Theories of music origins and the role of musical emotions in the mind are reviewed. Most
existing theories contradict each other, and cannot explain mechanisms or roles of musical …

Humans can learn a language through physical interaction with their environment and
semiotic communication with other people. It is very important to obtain a computational …