Conceptual Spaces by Peter Gardenfors

Conceptual Spaces by Peter Gardenfors

Within cognitive science, two approaches currently dominate the problem of modeling representations. The symbolic approach views cognition as computation involving symbolic manipulation. Connectionism, a special case of associationism, models associations using artificial neuron networks. Peter G rdenfors offers his theory of conceptual representations as a bridge between the symbolic and connectionist approaches.Symbolic representation is particularly weak at modeling concept learning, which is paramount for understanding many cognitive phenomena. Concept learning is closely tied to the notion of similarity, which is also poorly served by the symbolic approach. G rdenfors's theory of conceptual spaces presents a framework for representing information on the conceptual level. A conceptual space is built up from geometrical structures based on a number of quality dimensions. The main applications of the theory are on the constructive side of cognitive science: as a constructive model the theory can be applied to the development of artificial systems capable of solving cognitive tasks. G rdenfors also shows how conceptual spaces can serve as an explanatory framework for a number of empirical theories, in particular those concerning concept formation, induction, and semantics. His aim is to present a coherent research program that can be used as a basis for more detailed investigations.

Professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University in Sweden, Peter Gärdenfors He is the author of several works, including Conceptual Spaces: The Geometry of Thinking (MIT Press).

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ISBN 13	9780262572194
ISBN 10	0262572192
Title	Conceptual Spaces
Author	Peter Gardenfors
Series	A Bradford Book
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2004-01-30
Number of pages	318
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