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Explaining Cognitive Phenomena with Internal Representations: A Mechanistic Perspective

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
Volume 40 (2015): Issue 1 (March 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2015-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6059 (formerly 0860-150X) | Journal ISSN: 0860-150X
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Language: English
Page range: 63 - 90
Published on: Apr 10, 2015
Published by: University of Białystok
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
mechanistic explanation,
representationalism,
antirepresentationalism,
mental representation,
s-representation,
emulation theory,
predictive coding
Related subjects:
Philosophy,
Philosophy, other

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