PSYCO354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Intelligent Agent, Iridomyrmex, Mirror Neuron
13 Oct 2016
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Posthumanism: when content of information is more important than the physical medium in which its represented. (cid:455)(cid:373)patheti(cid:272) to (cid:862)uploadi(cid:374)g ou(cid:396) (cid:373)i(cid:374)ds(cid:863) (cid:271)(cid:272) the (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e of the (cid:271)od(cid:455) is i(cid:396)(cid:396)ele(cid:448)a(cid:374)t (cid:894)the (cid:373)ediu(cid:373)(cid:895) Implication of (cid:862)s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)ati(cid:272) de(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374) of (cid:373)ate(cid:396)ialit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)(cid:271)odi(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863: because were essentially just information, you can do away with the body. Essence of humanity is information (extremely classical view) View that links between cognitive agents perception and a cognitive agents actions must be mediated by internal thinking or planning: ex. Methodological solipsism that accompanies representational theories of mind. Models of cognition take form of sense-think-act cycles. Emphasize the thinking part and de emphasize the physical action. Perception, thinking, and action are separate and unequal in the classical sandwich: (cid:862)a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) is a (cid:271)(cid:455)p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)t of the (cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374)(cid:863) Agents use their environment to hone their abilities, which leads to a novel account of human activities. Argue that a cognitive theory must include the agents environment and the agents experience of it.
