Symbol Grounding Problem


Harnad, Stevan (2003) Symbol Grounding Problem. In, Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. , Nature Publishing Group: Macmillan.

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The Symbol Grounding Problem is related to the problem of how words get their meanings, and of what meanings are. The problem of meaning is in turn related to the problem of consciousness, or how it is that mental states are meaningful.

Item Type: Book Section
Keywords: categorization, computation, consciousness, language, meaning, perceptio, sensorimotor function, reference, robotics, Turing test
Divisions: Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > Web & Internet Science
Item ID: 257720
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2003
Last Modified: 01 Mar 2012 10:53
Contributors: Harnad, Stevan (Author)
Date: December 2003
Status: Published
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group: Macmillan
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/257720

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