And we don't yet know whether "the assembly keeps reconfiguring its reprsentation" for conceptual knowledge ... though we know it's mainly not true for percpetual and motor knowledge...
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben: > The idea that concepts may be represented by cell assemblies, or >> >> attractors within cell assemblies, are more prevalent. > > Ben, > > My question was whether the concepts - or, to be precise, the terms of the > concepts, e.g. the sounds/ letters/word "ball" - may not be "neuronally > locatable" (not BTW whether they are represented by single cells). A cell > assembly would classify as that, no? Unless the assembly keeps reconfiguring > its representation. > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
