Abstract In Representation Reconsidered, William Ramsey suggests that the notion of
structural representation is posited by classical theories of cognition, but not by the 'newer …

One of the hallmarks of cognitive explanations of behavior is that they appeal to mental
representations and operations over them. For example, in explanations of problem-solving …

In recent years the cognitive science community has witnessed the rise of a new, dynamical
approach to cognition. This approach entails a framework in which cognition and behavior …

Many philosophers and psychologists have attempted to elucidate the nature of mental
representation by appealing to notions like isomorphism or abstract structural resemblance …

This book strives to make an improvement on the scientific structuralist view in the
philosophy of science and its account of scientific representation. Scientific structuralism is …

Questions concerning representations and what they are about have been a staple of
Western philosophy since Aristotle. Recently, however, these same questions have begun to …

Structural representations are increasingly popular in philosophy of cognitive science. A key
virtue they seemingly boast is that of meeting Ramsey's job description challenge. For this …

Any domain of scientific research has its sustaining orthodoxy. That is, research on a
problem, whether in astronomy, physics, or biology, is conducted against a backdrop of …

This paper explores differences between Connectionist proposals for cognitive architecture
and the sorts of models that have traditionally been assumed in cognitive science. We claim …

In this article, we highlight three questions:(1) Does human cognition rely on structured
internal representations?(2) How should theories, models and data relate?(3) In what ways …