Embodied Representation: What are the Issues?
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چکیده
A common theme of many discussions among embodied cognition researchers is whether or not cognition is making use of representations. This debate has recently been called a “debate for the sake of appearance” because there is no agreed upon way of identifying what is a representation. Therefore, instead of elaborating our own position on whether embodied cognition uses representation, we structure the debate by (1) reviewing three types of mechanisms in models of embodied cognition that might be considered candidates for representationhood and (2) outlining criteria for what is or is not a representation in embodied cognition.
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