The Objectivist account of cognition
Symbol structures are meaningful due to their correspondence with entities and categories in the world. They mirror nature "re-presenting" what exists in external reality. Without this connection to the world, they are meaningless.
As articulated by George Lakoff (1987).
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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The Representationalist Assumption »The Representationalist Assumption
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The Objectivist account of cognition
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Objectivism conflicts with natural human categories »Objectivism conflicts with natural human categories
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Objectivist account of cognition is inconsistent »Objectivist account of cognition is inconsistent
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The Lowenheim-Skolem theoruem »The Lowenheim-Skolem theoruem
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The world is its own best representation »The world is its own best representation
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