Computational-Representational Understanding of Mind

Computational-Representational Understanding of Mind

Computational Representational Understanding of Mind (abbreviated CRUM) is an hypothesis in cognitive science which proposes that thinking is performed by computations operating on representations.

There is much disagreement on this hypothesis, but CRUM has been "the most theoretically and experimentally successful approach to mind ever developed" (Paul Thagard, 2005).

ee also

* Cognitive science

External links

* [http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/courses/Phil256/glossary.html Glossary for Cognitive Science at the University of Waterloo]
* [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/%7Epthagard/Biographies/pault.html Paul Thagard]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Computational-representational understanding of mind — (abbreviated CRUM) is an hypothesis in cognitive science which proposes that thinking is performed by computations operating on representations. This hypothesis assumes that the mind has mental representations analogous to data structures and… …   Wikipedia

  • Computational — may refer to: Computer Computational algebra Computational Aeroacoustics Computational and Information Systems Laboratory Computational and Systems Neuroscience Computational archaeology Computational auditory scene analysis Computational biology …   Wikipedia

  • Computational theory of mind — In philosophy, the computational theory of mind is the view that the human mind is an information processing system and that thinking is a form of computing. The theory was proposed in its modern form by Hilary Putnam in 1961[citation needed] and …   Wikipedia

  • Computational creativity — (also known as artificial creativity, mechanical creativity or creative computation) is a multidisciplinary endeavour that is located at the intersection of the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, philosophy, and the arts.… …   Wikipedia

  • Theory of mind — is the ability to attribute mental states beliefs, intents, desires, pretending, knowledge, etc. to oneself and others and to understand that others have beliefs, desires and intentions that are different from one s own.[1] Though there are… …   Wikipedia

  • Philosophy of mind — A phrenological mapping[1] of the brain. Phrenology was among the first attempts to correlate mental functions with specific parts of the brain. Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental even …   Wikipedia

  • Crum — may refer to: Crum is a slang term amongst some Orthodox Jews which refers to Jews who, while they appear to follow the Halachah, do so in a very lenient way (and sometimes ignore certain laws).[citation needed] Contents 1 Places 2 People …   Wikipedia

  • Jerry Fodor — Jerry Alan Fodor Full name Jerry Alan Fodor Born 1935 New York City, New York Era 20th / 21st century philosophy Region …   Wikipedia

  • Language of thought — Jerry A. Fodor s Language of Thought (LOT) hypothesis states that cognition and cognitive processes are only remotely plausible when expressed as computational in terms of representational systems. He uses empirical data drawn from linguistics… …   Wikipedia

  • Language of thought hypothesis — In philosophy of mind, the language of thought hypothesis (LOTH) put forward by American philosopher Jerry Fodor describes thoughts as represented in a language (sometimes known as mentalese) that allows complex thoughts to be built up by… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”