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Representation in Cognitive Science: Replies
Author(s) -
Shea Nicholas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mind and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.905
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1468-0017
pISSN - 0268-1064
DOI - 10.1111/mila.12285
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , constructive , cognition , perception , content (measure theory) , epistemology , cognitive science , probabilistic logic , element (criminal law) , psychology , cognitive psychology , sociology , computer science , political science , philosophy , mathematics , law , process (computing) , mathematical analysis , neuroscience , politics , operating system
In their constructive reviews, Frances Egan, Randy Gallistel and Steven Gross have raised some important problems for the account of content advanced by Nicholas Shea in Representation in Cognitive Science . Here the author addresses their main challenges. Egan argues that the account includes an unrecognised pragmatic element; and that it makes contents explanatorily otiose. Gallistel raises questions about homomorphism and correlational information. Gross puts the account to work to resolve a dispute about probabilistic contents in perception, but argues that a question remains about whether probabilities are found in the content or instead in the manner of representation.