Perceptual Integration, Modularity, and Cognitive Penetration
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Imagine a computational system with a proprietary . . . database. Imagine that this device operates to map its characteristic inputs onto its characteristic outputs . . . and that, in the course of doing so, its informational resources are restricted to what its proprietary database contains. That is, the system is “encapsulated” with respect to information that is not in its database. . . . That’s what I mean by a module. In my view, it’s informational encapsulation, however achieved, that’s at the heart of modularity (Fodor, 2001, 63).
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تاریخ انتشار 2013