representation
Let an agent explain representation as a mental idea or image, relay theories from cognitive science and philosophy with debates attributed, describe the WordNet hyponyms, and distinguish this sense from political representation, legal representation, artistic depiction and data representation in computing.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What this sense of representation is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is representation as a presentation to the mind, and how does it differ from political, legal, artistic and data representation? definition
- Is the question about cognition, philosophy or another sense of the word? boundary
Hyponyms
Named hyponyms.
Hyponyms
Hyponyms.
- What do overlap, convergence, intersection, crossroads and interface mean in this sense? definition
- Which entry fits the specific word? action
Cognition Cognitive science.
Theories
Theories of representation.
Theories
Theories.
- How do symbolic, connectionist and embodied theories describe mental representation, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Imagery
Mental imagery.
Imagery
Imagery.
- What was the imagery debate about whether mental images are picture-like, with views attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Philosophy Philosophy of mind.
Intentionality
Intentionality.
Intentionality
Intentionality.
- How do philosophers link representation to intentionality? provenance
- Which entry fits intentionality? action
Anti-representationalism
Critiques.
Anti-representationalism
Anti-representationalism.
- What do enactivist and anti-representationalist critics argue, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Other senses.
Senses
Other senses.
Senses
Senses.
- How do WordNet and dictionaries list other senses of representation? provenance
- Which entry fits representation (politics)? action
AI
Representation learning.
AI
AI.
- How does representation learning in AI relate to, and differ from, mental representation? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- noun.cognition
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Facets: substance
- information
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- readable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- overlap, convergence, intersection, crossroads, interface, mental representation, internal representation, instantiation, antitype, stereotype, schema, scheme
What it is Filled
In the WordNet sense, a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image, a mental representation as studied in cognitive science and philosophy of mind, with hyponyms the registry aliases name such as overlap, convergence, intersection, crossroads and interface, which in this WordNet sense describe ideas of common ground or meeting points between theories or phenomena rather than geometry or roads. Theories of mental representation, such as symbolic, connectionist and embodied accounts, are debated, and the word representation has many other senses, including political representation, legal representation and artistic depiction.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain representation as a mental idea or image, relay theories from cognitive science and philosophy with debates attributed, describe the WordNet hyponyms, and distinguish this sense from political representation, legal representation, artistic depiction and data representation in computing.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Mental content
- Idea or image form
- Theory-dependent
- Many other senses
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Claim to read a person's mental representations from their data or behaviour.
- Present one theory as settled science.
- Attribute beliefs or images to a person's mind without evidence.
- Claim the agent itself has mental representations as established fact.
Only with a human decision
- Using inferences about a person's thoughts in decisions about them.
May
- Explain mental representation as used in cognitive science and philosophy, with sources.
- Present competing theories of representation fairly.
Moral aspects Filled
- Claims about what is in someone's mind can be used to judge or manipulate them.
- Overstating what machines represent can mislead people about their abilities.
Who is affected
- People whose minds are described
- Students
- Users of AI systems
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; it is held in common by philosophy and cognitive science.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-05817200-n - registry parent class
related
- cognitive content - in WordNet terms
- cognitive science
- mental image
- political representation
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.representation
- Open English WordNet: oewn-05935308-n
- WordNet: oewn-05817200-n hypernym of representation
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- WordNet hypernym: content or cognitive content note
- language of thought hypothesis: 1975 year - Jerry Fodor
- mental imagery debate: 1970s onward note - Kosslyn and critics, views attributed
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Presentation to the mind as idea or image
- Overlap, convergence, intersection, crossroads, interface, mental representation
- Political representation is acting for constituents; legal representation is advocacy; artistic depiction is making images; data representation is encoding
- Not a physical object; inferred mental content.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the sense
- relay theories with attribution
- describe named hyponyms
- distinguish other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating word senses
- Presenting one theory as settled
- Treating hyponyms as synonyms
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Not applicable
Context of use required Filled
- Naming mental ideas and images.
- mental images
- concepts
- propositional representations
- common-ground notions such as overlap and interface
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-05935308-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: representation - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should the WordNet hyponyms be separate entries?
- How should other senses be disambiguated?
- How should philosophy references be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-representation/spec.json