在我们生活的城市里,思想语言是最好的游戏吗?
1University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. lupyan@wisc.edu; http://sapir.psych.wisc.edu.
The Behavioral and brain sciences
|September 28, 2023
概括
思想语言假设虽然在某些情况下有用,但并不准确地描述人类的认知. 经验证据表明,人类的思维与其核心预测有很大差异.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 思想的哲学 思想的哲学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 思想语言 (LoT) 假设提出了人类认知的特定架构.
- 它假设思想是像语言一样结构化的,具有离散的组成部分,角色填充者独立性和逻辑运算符.
研究的目的:
- 评估思维语言假设在描述实际人类认知的实证有效性.
- 检查LoT的关键性质是否与观察到的认知过程保持一致.
主要方法:
- 审查和分析与认知过程相关的经验证据.
- 检查LoT假设的三个核心属性:离散组成部分,角色填充者独立性和逻辑运算符.
- 将LoT预测与认知心理学和语言学的发现进行比较.
主要成果:
- 洛特假设的预测显示,它与人类认知的经验数据不太匹配.
- 证据并不总是支持思想中存在离散组成部分的存在.
- 角色填充者的独立性和逻辑运算符在人类思维中的应用与LOT的期望有所不同.
结论:
- 思想语言假设是理解实际人类认知的复杂性的不充分模型.
- 人类思维的经验现实与LOT的理论框架有很大差异.
- 可能需要替代模型来捕捉认知过程的细微差别.
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