......................................................................................5 Introduction..................................................................................7 1 The Symbol Grounding Problem......................................................10 The Chinese Room Argument.....................................................10 The Symbolic Merry-go-round.....................

5 Simplification procedures 72 5.1 Simplification under Landau symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 5.2 Simproc setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 5.3 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 5.3.1 Product simplification tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 5.3.2 Real product decision procure tests . . . . . . . . . . . 74 5.3.3 Su...

The goal of this chapter is to provide a thumbnail sketch of the traditional criteria for symbolic behavior, and to then outline new themes that have emerged in contemporary work and points of departure from the traditional views. This chapter and the volume as a whole suggest that it is time to move beyond the scope of traditional theories, and call for a redefinition of the criteria for symbo...

The Sri Chakra is an important device used in the worship of the primordial energy which is the cause for the creation, maintenance and destruction of the cosmos. The author attempts in this article to provide an explanation for the mystical aspects of the celebrated yantra.