Conceptual Spaces Elaborations And Applications

Author : Mauri Kaipainen,Frank Zenker,Antti Hautamäki,Peter Gärdenfors
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030128005

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Conceptual Spaces: Elaborations and Applications by Mauri Kaipainen,Frank Zenker,Antti Hautamäki,Peter Gärdenfors Pdf

This edited book focuses on concepts and their applications using the theory of conceptual spaces, one of today’s most central tracks of cognitive science discourse. It features 15 papers based on topics presented at the Conceptual Spaces @ Work 2016 conference. The contributors interweave both theory and applications in their papers. Among the first mentioned are studies on metatheories, logical and systemic implications of the theory, as well as relations between concepts and language. Examples of the latter include explanatory models of paradigm shifts and evolution in science as well as dilemmas and issues of health, ethics, and education. The theory of conceptual spaces overcomes many translational issues between academic theoretization and practical applications. The paradigm is mainly associated with structural explanations, such as categorization and meronomy. However, the community has also been relating it to relations, functions, and systems. The book presents work that provides a geometric model for the representation of human conceptual knowledge that bridges the symbolic and the sub-conceptual levels of representation. The model has already proven to have a broad range of applicability beyond cognitive science and even across a number of disciplines related to concepts and representation.

Author : Sebastian Löbner,Thomas Gamerschlag,Tobias Kalenscher,Markus Schrenk,Henk Zeevat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030502003

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Concepts, Frames and Cascades in Semantics, Cognition and Ontology by Sebastian Löbner,Thomas Gamerschlag,Tobias Kalenscher,Markus Schrenk,Henk Zeevat Pdf

This open access book presents novel theoretical, empirical and experimental work exploring the nature of mental representations that support natural language production and understanding, and other manifestations of cognition. One fundamental question raised in the text is whether requisite knowledge structures can be adequately modeled by means of a uniform representational format, and if so, what exactly is its nature. Frames are a key topic covered which have had a strong impact on the exploration of knowledge representations in artificial intelligence, psychology and linguistics; cascades are a novel development in frame theory. Other key subject areas explored are: concepts and categorization, the experimental investigation of mental representation, as well as cognitive analysis in semantics. This book is of interest to students, researchers, and professionals working on cognition in the fields of linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.

Author : Hector Florez,Marcelo Leon,Jose Maria Diaz-Nafria,Simone Belli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030324759

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Applied Informatics by Hector Florez,Marcelo Leon,Jose Maria Diaz-Nafria,Simone Belli Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed papers of the Second International Conference on Applied Informatics, ICAI 2019, held in Madrid, Spain, in November 2019. The 37 full papers and one short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on bioinformatics; data analysis; decision systems; health care information systems; IT Architectures; learning management systems; robotic autonomy; security services; socio-technical systems; software design engineering.

Author : Naoki Kobayashi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031572289

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Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures by Naoki Kobayashi Pdf

Author : Antonio Cerone,Marco Autili,Alessio Bucaioni,Cláudio Gomes,Pierluigi Graziani,Maurizio Palmieri,Marco Temperini,Gentiane Venture
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031124297

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Software Engineering and Formal Methods. SEFM 2021 Collocated Workshops by Antonio Cerone,Marco Autili,Alessio Bucaioni,Cláudio Gomes,Pierluigi Graziani,Maurizio Palmieri,Marco Temperini,Gentiane Venture Pdf

This volume constitutes revised selected papers from the four workshops collocated with the 19th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2021, held virtually during December 6–10, 2021. The 21 contributed papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 29 submissions. The book also contains 3 invited talks. SEFM 2021 presents the following four workshops: CIFMA 2021 - 3rd International Workshop on Cognition: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Models and Applications;CoSim-CPS 2021 - 5th Workshop on Formal Co-Simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems;OpenCERT 2021 - 10th International Workshop on Open Community approaches to Education, Research and Technology;ASYDE 2021 - 3rd International Workshop on Automated and verifiable Software sYstem Development. Due to the Corona pandemic this event was held virtually.

Author : James Mahoney
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691214955

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The Logic of Social Science by James Mahoney Pdf

"Mahoney's starting point is the problem of essentialism in social science. Essentialism--the belief that the members of a category possess hidden properties ("essences") that make them members of the category and that endow them with a certain nature--is appropriate for scientific categories ("atoms", for instance) but not for human ones ("revolutions," for instance). Despite this, much social science research takes place from within an essentialist orientation; those who reject this assumption goes so far in the other direction as to reject the idea of an external reality, independent of human beings, altogether. Mahoney proposes an alternative approach that aspires to bridge this enduring rift in the social sciences between those who take a scientific approach and assume that social science categories correspond to external reality (and thus believe that the methods used in the natural sciences are generally appropriate for the social sciences) and those who take a constructivist approach and believe that because the categories used to understand the social world are humanly-constructed, they cannot possibly follow the science of the natural world. As the name suggests, scientific constructivism brings in aspects of both views and attempts to unite them. Drawing from cognitive science, it focuses on using the rational parts of our brain machinery to overcome the limitations and deeply seated biases (such as essentialism) of our evolved minds. Specifically, Mahoney puts forth a "set-theoretic analysis" that focuses on "sets" of categories as they exist in the mind that are also subject to the mathematical logic of set-theory. He spends the first four chapters of the book establishing the foundations and methods for set-theoretic analysis, the next four chapters looking and how this analysis fits with the existing tools of social science, and the final four chapters focusing on how this approach can be used to study and understand cases"--

Author : Benjamin Angerer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000909753

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Representational Change and the Use of Metaphors in Problem Solving by Benjamin Angerer Pdf

This book addresses a longstanding impasse in problem solving research: if structured mental representations of problems are required for solving them, how do those arise and, if needed, change? The book argues that established theories underestimate this question due to methodological requirements. Proposing to momentarily suspend these requirements, including the focus on well-defined puzzle tasks, the book suggests to alternatively conduct exploratory studies with more complex, open-ended problems. It presents a qualitative case study of participants working for several days on a mental paper folding task designed to challenge them to construct their own representations. Charting their use of gestures, metaphors, and ever more complex descriptions, it carefully traces the chronology of their thinking. Combining in-depth empirical investigation with theory-building, the book proposes a framework of problem solving that goes beyond established models, accommodating associative, motivational, and affective factors. This book will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of cognitive science, psychology, philosophy of mind and cognition, and cognitive artificial intelligence.

Author : Fabio Gadducci,Timo Kehrer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030513726

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Graph Transformation by Fabio Gadducci,Timo Kehrer Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Graph Transformation, ICGT 2020, in Bergen, Norway, in June 2020.* The 16 research papers and 4 tool paper presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. One invited paper is also included. The papers deal with the following topics: theoretical advances; application domains; and tool presentations. *The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author : Antti Hautamäki
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030345952

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Viewpoint Relativism by Antti Hautamäki Pdf

This book offers new insights into truth, knowledge, and reality. It details a unique approach to epistemological relativism based on the concept of points of view. In a point of view, an aspect represents an object for a subject. By applying this concept of points of view, the author develops a consistent and adequate form of relativism, called viewpoint relativism, according to which epistemic questions like “Is X true (or justified or existing)” are viewpoint-dependent. The monograph examines central issues related to epistemological relativism. It analyzes major arguments pro and con from different opinions. The author presents the arguments of well-known philosophers. These include such thinkers as Paul Boghossian, John Dewey, Nelson Goodman, Martin Kusch, C.I. Lewis, John MacFarlane, Hilary Putnam, W.V.O. Quine, Richard Rorty, John Searle, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. In the process, the author deconstructs the standard account of correspondence theory of truth. Viewpoint relativism is a moderate relativism, which is not subjected to standard criticism of extreme relativism. This book argues that knowledge creation presupposes openness to different points of view and their comparison. It also explores the broader implications of viewpoint relativism into current debate about truth in society. The author defends a critical relativism, which accepts pluralism but is critical against all points of view. In the conclusion, he explores the relevance of viewpoint relativism to democracy by showing that the main threat of modern democratic society is not pluralism but absolutism and fundamentalism.

Author : Peter Gardenfors
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0262572192

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Conceptual Spaces by Peter Gardenfors Pdf

Within cognitive science, two approaches currently dominate the problem of modeling representations. The symbolic approach views cognition as computation involving symbolic manipulation. Connectionism, a special case of associationism, models associations using artificial neuron networks. Peter Gärdenfors offers his theory of conceptual representations as a bridge between the symbolic and connectionist approaches. Symbolic representation is particularly weak at modeling concept learning, which is paramount for understanding many cognitive phenomena. Concept learning is closely tied to the notion of similarity, which is also poorly served by the symbolic approach. Gärdenfors's theory of conceptual spaces presents a framework for representing information on the conceptual level. A conceptual space is built up from geometrical structures based on a number of quality dimensions. The main applications of the theory are on the constructive side of cognitive science: as a constructive model the theory can be applied to the development of artificial systems capable of solving cognitive tasks. Gärdenfors also shows how conceptual spaces can serve as an explanatory framework for a number of empirical theories, in particular those concerning concept formation, induction, and semantics. His aim is to present a coherent research program that can be used as a basis for more detailed investigations.

Author : Peter Gärdenfors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:968938519

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Conceptual Spaces by Peter Gärdenfors Pdf

Author : Peter Gärdenfors
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262026789

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The Geometry of Meaning by Peter Gärdenfors Pdf

A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 2240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522554738

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Online Course Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

The rapid growth in online and virtual learning opportunities has created culturally diverse classes and corporate training sessions. Instruction for these learning opportunities must adjust to meet participant needs. Online Course Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on the trends, techniques, and management of online and distance-learning environments and examines the benefits and challenges of these developments. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics, such as blended learning, social presence, and educational online games, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for administrators, developers, instructors, staff, technical support, and students actively involved in teaching in online learning environments.

Author : Tan, Joseph
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 2772 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605660516

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Medical Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Tan, Joseph Pdf

Provides a collection of medical IT research in topics such as clinical knowledge management, medical informatics, mobile health and service delivery, and gene expression.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1845 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781522554707

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Virtual and Augmented Reality: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

Virtual and augmented reality is the next frontier of technological innovation. As technology exponentially evolves, so do the ways in which humans interact and depend upon it. Virtual and Augmented Reality: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on the trends, techniques, and uses of virtual and augmented reality in various fields, and examines the benefits and challenges of these developments. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics, such as human-computer interaction, digital self-identity, and virtual reconstruction, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, professionals, theorists, students, and practitioners interested in emerging technology applications across the digital plane.