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Modelling Artificial Cognition in Biosemiotic Terms

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Stemming from Uexkull’s fundamental concepts of Umwelt and Innenwelt as developed in the biosemiotic approach of Ferreira 2010, 2011, the present work models mathematically the semiosis of cognition and proposes an artificial cognitive architecture to be deployed in a robotic structure.

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Notes

  1. Cf. Maturana (1978).

  2. By subjective we mean lead by an experiencer subject: the cognitive entity.

  3. Mature doesn’t necessarily mean the final stage of a global development, but the system’s readiness to react at any particular phase.

  4. Cf Uexkull (1909)

  5. In general (Nl×Nc) indicates de dimensions of a Matrix, Nl being the number of its rows and Nc that of its columns; thus, (N×1) represents an N-component vector in the form of a column matrix.

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  1. Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon. Language, Mind and Cognition Group. Faculdade de Letras, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira

  2. IDMEC/IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Miguel Gama Caldas

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  1. Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira
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Aldinhas Ferreira, M.I., Caldas, M.G. Modelling Artificial Cognition in Biosemiotic Terms. Biosemiotics 6, 245–252 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-012-9159-z

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