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(2005) Synthese 146 (1-2).
The paper argues that cognitive states of biological systems are inherently temporal. Three adequacy conditions for neuronal models of representation are vindicated: the compositionality of meaning, the compositionality of content, and the co-variation with content. Classicist and connectionist approaches are discussed and rejected. Based on recent neurobiological data, oscillatory networks are introduced as a third alternative. A mathematical description in a Hilbert space framework is developed. The states of this structure can be regarded as conceptual representations satisfying the three conditions.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-005-9089-2
Full citation:
Werning, M. (2005). The temporal dimension of thought. Synthese 146 (1-2), pp. 203-224.
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