Miłkowski, Marcin (2015) The Hard Problem Of Content: Solved (Long Ago). Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 41 (1). pp. 73-88. ISSN 0860-150X
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In this paper, I argue that even if the Hard Problem of Content, as identified by Hutto and Myin, is important, it was already solved in naturalized semantics, and satisfactory solutions to the problem do not rely merely on the notion of information as covariance. I point out that Hutto and Myin have double standards for linguistic and mental representation, which leads to a peculiar inconsistency. Were they to apply the same standards to basic and linguistic minds, they would either have to embrace representationalism or turn to semantic nihilism, which is, as I argue, an unstable and unattractive position. Hence, I conclude, their book does not offer an alternative to representationalism. At the same time, it reminds us that representational talk in cognitive science cannot be taken for granted and that information is different from mental representation. Although this claim is not new, Hutto and Myin defend it forcefully and elegantly.
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| Keywords: | representationalism, radical enactivism, teleosemantics | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Marcin Miłkowski | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2019 02:09 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2019 02:09 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15561 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2015-0021 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1515/slgr-2015-0021 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | 2015 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 73-88 | ||||||
| Volume: | 41 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0860-150X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15561 |
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