关于思维语言的类别理论观点:LOT是普遍的
1Mathematical Neuroscience Group, Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.
Frontiers in psychology
|May 15, 2024
概括
思想语言假设是由一个新的理论提出的,它解释了象征和非象征表示如何通过通用映射原则连接在一起. 这为了解跨物种和年龄组的认知提供了一个统一的框架.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 思想的哲学 思想的哲学
- 理论神经科学 理论神经科学
背景情况:
- 思想语言 (LoT) 假说假定精神状态是解释思想系统性的符号系统.
- 现有的 LoT 框架很难解释象征和非象征表示之间的联系.
- 由于无法弥合代表形式,LOT的解释能力受到挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了弥合思维语言假设中的解释性差距.
- 为理解感知和概念的二元性提出一个类别理论框架.
- 阐明连接符号和非符号认知格式的通用映射原则.
主要方法:
- 利用类别理论来建模感知数据和概念空间之间的关系.
- 引入二元性概念来解释数据的投影和引用.
- 应用通用映射原则来证明表示格式之间的联系.
主要成果:
- 感知被呈现为概念的双重,数据被投射到概念空间中并被概念空间引用.
- 一个普遍的映射原则被确定为符号和非符号格式之间的最佳转换.
- 该框架解释了不同代表格式之间的联系,支持LOT的普遍性.
结论:
- 拟议的二元化框架为象征和非象征表示之间的联系提供了一个新的解释.
- 这种观点通过证明其普遍适用性来支持思维语言假设.
- 该框架提供了关于逻辑类认知能力的跨物种和跨年龄流行情况的见解.
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