The conceptual representation and the measurement of psychological forces.

1938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Lewin
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Representation

Perceptual symbols and conceptual representation of products and services

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Ling Wu ◽  
Alan J. Malter ◽  
Lawrence W. Barsalou
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Perceptual Symbols

The problem of reflection in German philosophy of the XVIII - XIX centuries

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (152) ◽  
pp. 141-145
Author(s):  
L. A. Checal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
German Philosophy ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Theoretical Significance ◽  
Self Knowledge

This study focuses on a conceptual representation of the metaphysical and non-classical context of reflection in its subjective dichotomous understanding. The author successively reviews the specifics of reflection, as well as the features of methodology of cognition and self-knowledge in the context of determining the values and priorities of human development and consciousness. The article also includes an overview of the main categories of reflection through a breakdown of theoretical relationships and the most important conceptual discourses. The theoretical significance of the problem of cognition and self-knowledge is determined by the central role of man in society and history. The analysis shows that the methodology of cognition and self-knowledge should be based on the principles of axiological disengagement, a combination of logical and historical aspect, as well as on the coherence of theory and practice.

Minimodel of semantic synthesis of Russian sentences

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-136
Author(s):  
Lidija Iordanskaja ◽  
Igor Mel’čuk
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Representation ◽  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Syntactic Structures ◽  
Approximate Matching ◽  
Sufficient Detail

Abstract A formal linguistitic model is presented, which produces, for a given conceptual representation of an extralinguistic situation, a corresponding semantic representation [SemR] that, in its turn, underlies the deep-syntactic representations of four near-synonymous Russian sentences expressing the starting information. Two full-fledged lexical entries are given for the lexemes besporjadki ‘disturbance’ and stolknovenie ‘clash(N)’, appearing in these sentences. Some principles of lexicalization – that is, matching the formal lexicographic definitions to the starting semantic representation in order to produce the deep-syntactic structures of the corresponding sentences – are formulated and illustrated; the problem of approximate matching is dealt with in sufficient detail.

Arithmetic from Kant to Frege: Numbers, Pure Units, and the Limits of Conceptual Representation

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 135-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Foundations Of Arithmetic

There is evidence in Kant of the idea that concepts of particular numbers, such as the number 5, are derived from the representation of units, and in particular pure units, that is, units that are qualitatively indistinguishable. Frege, in contrast, rejects any attempt to derive concepts of number from the representation of units. In the Foundations of Arithmetic, he softens up his reader for his groundbreaking and unintuitive analysis of number by attacking alternative views, and he devotes the majority of this attack to the units view, with particular attention to pure units. Since Frege, the units view has been all but abandoned. Nevertheless, the idea that concepts of number are derived from the representation of units has a long history, beginning with the ancient Greeks, and was prevalent among Frege's contemporaries. I am not interested in resurrecting the units view or in righting wrongs in Frege's criticisms of his contemporaries. Rather, I am interested in the program of deriving concepts of number from pure units and its history from Kant to Frege. An examination of that history helps us understand the units view in a way that Frege's criticisms do not, and in the process uncovers important features of both Kant's and Frege's views. I will argue that, although they had deep differences, Kant and Frege share assumptions about what such a view would require and about the limits of conceptual representation. I will also argue that they would have rejected the accounts given by some of Frege's contemporaries for the same reasons. Despite these agreements, however, there is evidence that Kant thinks that space and time play a role in overcoming the limitations of conceptual representation, while Frege argues that they do not.

The Embodiment of Concepts

2018 ◽  
pp. 640-660
Author(s):  
Michiel Van Elk ◽  
Harold Bekkering
Keyword(s):  
Prediction Error ◽  
Predictive Processing ◽  
Prediction Errors ◽  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Recurrent Processing ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Prior Models ◽  
Processing Framework

We characterize theories of conceptual representation as embodied, disembodied, or hybrid according to their stance on a number of different dimensions: the nature of concepts, the relation between language and concepts, the function of concepts, the acquisition of concepts, the representation of concepts, and the role of context. We propose to extend an embodied view of concepts, by taking into account the importance of multimodal associations and predictive processing. We argue that concepts are dynamically acquired and updated, based on recurrent processing of prediction error signals in a hierarchically structured network. Concepts are thus used as prior models to generate multimodal expectations, thereby reducing surprise and enabling greater precision in the perception of exemplars. This view places embodied theories of concepts in a novel predictive processing framework, by highlighting the importance of concepts for prediction, learning and shaping categories on the basis of prediction errors.

Suppression from the Perspective of Distributed Models of Conceptual Representation

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
Omid Khatin-Zadeh ◽  
Hooshang Khoshsima ◽  
Nahid Yarahmadzehi
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Distributed Models

scholarly journals A constructional approach to condolences

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria del Campo Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
The Relationship

Drawing on preliminary insights in Pérez (2001), Pérez and Ruiz de Mendoza (2002), and Ruiz de Mendoza and Baicchi (2007), the present contribution presents a constructional approach to the study of illocutionary meaning. In so doing, I analyze the speech act category of condoling in order to establish the relationship between its semantic makeup and the linguistic realization procedures provided for its realization. From this perspective, illocutionary constructions are defined as pairings of the semantic conditions of the conceptual representation of a speech act category and those mechanisms which activate them linguistically. The results of the analysis allow for different degrees of implicitness in the production and understanding of illocutionary meaning, as well as for the existence of conventionalized expressions associated to the realization of speech acts.

Conceptual distance and word learning: Patterns of acquisition in Samoan–English bilingual children

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 799-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
GAYLE HEMSLEY ◽  
ALISON HOLM ◽  
BARBARA DODD
Keyword(s):  
Word Type ◽  
Lexical Acquisition ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
English Bilingual ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Conceptual Shift ◽  
L1 And L2

ABSTRACTThis study investigated cross-linguistic influence in acquisition of a second lexicon, evaluating Samoan–English sequentially bilingual children (initial mean age 4 ; 9) during their first 18 months of school. Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary tasks evaluated acquisition of four word types: cognates, matched nouns, phrasal nouns and holonyms. Each word type had varying phonological and conceptual difference between Samoan (L1) and English (L2). Results highlighted conceptual distance between L1 and L2 as a key factor in L2 lexical acquisition. The children acquired L2 lexical items earlier if their conceptual representation was similar to that of L1. Words with greater conceptual distance between L1 and L2 emerged more slowly. This suggests that L1 knowledge influences L2 lexical consolidation for sequential bilinguals. Words that require a conceptual shift from L1 take longer to consolidate and strengthen within the L2 lexicon.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document