CGSC 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Travelling Salesman Problem, Embodied Cognition, Symbol Grounding Problem

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: CGSC 2001
• Professor: Katarzyna Muldner

Document Summary

Approaches to cognition: traditional approach: cognition = the manipulation of representations (can be symbolic or subsymbolic) The role of the body and the mind is not emphasized: embodied approach: emphasizes the role of the body and the role of the environment in shaping cognition. Role of representation is still found in embodiment, just not emphasized: embodied cognition spectrum. The role of representation depends on which embodied cognition researcher is involved. Radical = representation is minimized or abolished (sense act: an organism"s body in interaction with its environment replaces the need for representations processes thought to have been at the core of cognition. Moderate = representation is still present (sense think act: argues that the traditional concepts and methods of cognition science should be replaced with alternatives, three themes of embodied cognition. Replacement: an organisms body, through interaction with its environment, replaces the need for representational processes thought to have been at the core of cognition.