Maley, Corey J. (2021) The Physicality of Representation. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Representation is typically taken to be importantly separate from its physical implementation. This is exemplified in Marr's three-level framework, widely cited and often adopted in neuroscience. However, the separation between representation and physical implementation is not a necessary feature of information-processing systems. In particular, when it comes to analog computational systems, Marr's representational/algorithmic level and implementational level collapse into a single level. Insofar as analog computation is a better way of understanding neural computation than other notions, Marr's three-level framework must then be amended into a two-level framework. However, far from being a problem or limitation, this sheds lights on how to understand physical media as being representational, but without a separate, medium-independent representational level.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Maley, Corey J. cmaley@ku.edu 0000-0001-6221-3181
Keywords:	representation; levels; Marr; computation; implementation
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Computation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations
Depositing User:	Dr. Corey Maley
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2021 12:24
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2021 12:24
Item ID:	19646
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Computation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations
Date:	4 October 2021
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19646

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