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    "pk": 26116,
    "title": "Representation: Problems and Solutions",
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    "abstract": "The current orthodoxy in cognitive science, what I describe as\na commitment to deep representationalism, faces intractable\nproblems. If we take these objections seriously, and I will\nargue that we should, there are two possible responses: 1. We\nare mistaken that representation is the locus of our cognitive\ncapacities — we manage to be the successful cognitive agents\nin some other, non-representational, way; or, 2. Our\nrepresentational capacities do give us critical cognitive\nadvantages, but they are not fundamental to us qua human\nbeings. As Andy Clark has convincingly argued, anti-\nrepresentationalism, option one, is explanatorily weak.\nConsequently, I will argue, we need to take the second option\nseriously. In the first half of the paper I rehearse the problems\nwith the current representational view and in the second half of\nthe paper I defend and give a positive sketch of a two-systems\nview of cognition – a non-representational perceptual system\ncoupled with a representational language-dependent one – and\nlook at some consequences of the view.",
    "language": "eng",
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            "word": "representation; representation-hungry problem;\nconsciousness; animal cognition; perception; two-systems"
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            "first_name": "Nancy",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Salay",
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            "institution": "Queen's University",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "2016-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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