Conceptual Flux Mental Representation, Misrepresentation, and Concept Change
- List Price: $269.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
- Publish date: 02/01/2000
The book goes much further than criticism, however: Perlman formulates a naturalistic theory of representation that reluctantly accepts the unfortunate conclusion that there is no misrepresentation. He adds a pragmatic theory of content, which explains apparent misrepresentation as concept change. Mental representations can be good or bad in specific contexts and for specific purposes, but their correctness is not a matter of truth and falsity. The pragmatic approach to mental content has implications for epistemology, theories of truth, metaphysics, psychology, and AI (specifically connectionist networks).
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