Representations in Dynamical Embodied Agents: Re-Analyzing a Minimally Cognitive Model Agent (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Representations in Dynamical Embodied Agents: Re-Analyzing a Minimally Cognitive Model Agent (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01233.x (literal)
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  • Mirolli, Marco (2012)
    Representations in Dynamical Embodied Agents: Re-Analyzing a Minimally Cognitive Model Agent
    in Cognitive science
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  • Mirolli, Marco (literal)
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  • 870 (literal)
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  • 36 (literal)
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  • Istituto Di Scienze E Tecnologie Della Cognizione, Rome (literal)
Titolo
  • Representations in Dynamical Embodied Agents: Re-Analyzing a Minimally Cognitive Model Agent (literal)
Abstract
  • Understanding the role of ''representations'' in cognitive science is a fundamental problem facing the emerging framework of embodied, situated, dynamical cognition. To make progress, I follow the approach proposed by an influential representational skeptic, Randall Beer: building artificial agents capable of minimally cognitive behaviors and assessing whether their internal states can be considered to involve representations. Hence, I operationalize the concept of representing as ''standing in,'' and I look for representations in embodied agents involved in simple categorization tasks. In a first experiment, no representation can be found, but the relevance of the task is undermined by the fact that agents with no internal states can reach high performance. A simple modification makes the task more \"representationally hungry,\" and in this case, agents' internal states are found to qualify as representations. I conclude by discussing the benefits of reconciling the embodied-dynamical approach with the notion of representation. © 2012 Cognitive Science Society, Inc. (literal)
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