Skyrms, Brian and Barrett, Jeffrey A. (2018) PROPOSITIONAL CONTENT in SIGNALS. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Propositional content arises from the practice of signaling with information transfer when a signaling process settles into some sort of a pattern, and eventually what we call meaning or propositional content crystallizes out. We give an evolutionary account of this process.
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| Keywords: | propositional content, signaling games, evolution of meaning | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Formal Learning Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Jeffrey Barrett | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2018 13:43 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2018 13:43 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 14774 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Formal Learning Theory |
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| Date: | 11 June 2018 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14774 |
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