The Presence of a Symbol

Andy Clark

doi:10.1080/09540099208946615

The Presence of a Symbol

Andy Clark^*

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Abstract

The image of the presence of symbols in an inner code pervades recent debates in cognitive science. Classicists worship in the presence. Connectionists revel in the absence. However, the very ideas of code and symbol are ill understood. A major distorting factor in the debates concerns the role of processing in determining the presence or absence of a structured inner code. Drawing on work by David Kirsh and David Chalmers, the present paper attempts to re-define such notions to begin to reflect the inextricability of code and process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-205
Number of pages	13
Journal	Connection Science
Volume	4
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09540099208946615
Publication status	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

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code
Connectionism
explicit representation symbol

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