| Description |
1 online resource (429 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; PART I Foundations; Chapter 1 Overview; 1.1 The Problem Domain; 1.2 Motivations and Goals; 1.3 Reader-Based Text Processing; 1.4 Approach; 1.5 A Guide to the Reader; 1.6 Terminology and Conventions; Chapter 2 Models of Understanding; 2.1 The Conduit Metaphor; 2.2. Information Processing and Text Comprehension; 2.2.1 On Story Grammars and Discourse Analysis; 2.2.2 Text Linguistics; 2.2.3 Lexical Statistics; 2.2.4 Other Information-Processing Approaches; 2.2.4.1 Other Approaches |
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2.2.4.2 On the Relevance of Formal Approaches2.2.5 Specific Objections to Information-Processing; 2.2.5.1 On the Existence of Macrostructures; 2.2.5.2 Beyond Literal Meaning: Tractability and Context; 2.2.5.3 Vygotsky's Conclusion; 2.3 Connectionism and Text Comprehension; 2.3.1 On the Existence of Rules: The Connectionist Attack; 2.3.2 Connectionist NLP; 2.3.2.1 Localist NLP; 2.3.2.2 Specific Objections to Localist NLP; 2.3.2.3 On Hybrid Models; 2.3.2.4 On PDP NLP; 2.3.3 General Objections to PDP; 2.4 On Rastier's Work; 2.4.1 Beyond Algorithmic Competence; 2.4.2 Contra Universals |
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2.4.3 On the Nature of Semantics2.5 Theoretical Foundations of IDIoT; PART II Design; Chapter 3 Designing a Grounded Architecture; 3.1 In Search of a Starting Point; 3.2 From Genesis to Revelation: Diachronic Interpretation; 3.3 Requirements for a Cognitive Architecture; 3.3.1 Generation of Multiple Solutions; 3.3.2 Diachrony; 3.3.3 Other Requirements; 3.3.4 Summary of the Requirements; 3.3.5 Conclusion; 3.4 Choosing Spreading Activation; 3.5 Concurrent Objects for Spreading Activation; 3.6 A Reusable Framework for Spreading Activation; 3.6.1 On the Relevance of OO to Spreading Activation |
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3.6.2 Overview of a Framework for Spreading ActivationChapter 4 Modeling Time-Constrained Memory; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Human Memory as Metaphor; 4.3 Starting Point; 4.4 The Organization of Time-Constrained Memory; 4.5 Communication in the Network; 4.6 The Internal Structure and Behavior of Knowledge Units; 4.6.1 Knowledge Units As Feature Detectors; 4.6.1.1 Forward Chaining Feature Detection; 4.6.1.2 Backward Chaining Feature Detection; 4.6.1.3 Other Enhancements; 4.6.2 Knowledge Units as Cluster Builders; 4.6.2.1 Organization of a Cluster; 4.6.2.2 Expansion Procedures |
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4.6.3 Examples of Knowledge Units4.7 Beyond Time Tractability; Chapter 5 A Prototype of IDIoT; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Basic User Interfaces; 5.2.1 The Knowledge Base Browser; 5.2.2 The Knowledge Unit Browser; 5.2.3 The Constraint Browser; 5.2.4 The Trace Browser; 5.3 Knowledge Unit Specification; 5.4 Some Implementation Details; 5.5 Lessons from Experiments; 5.5.1 Organizing KUs on the Retrievability axis; 5.5.2 Using Associations, Candidates and Buildable Features; 5.5.3 Varying the Strength of a Presence Signal Output; 5.5.4 Race Deadlines; 5.5.5 Other Timing Factors |
| Summary |
This book tries to answer the question posed by Minsky at the beginning of The Society of Mind: ""to explain the mind, we have to show how minds are built from mindless stuff, from parts that are much smaller and simpler than anything we'd considered smart."" The author believes that cognition should not be rooted in innate rules and primitives, but rather grounded in human memory. More specifically, he suggests viewing linguistic comprehension as a time-constrained process -- a race for building an interpretation in short term memory. After reviewing existing psychological and |
| Notes |
5.5.6 Simulating Different Readers |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317780113 |
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1317780116 |
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