Neural Representations Observed
Minds and Machines 28 (1):191-235 (2018)
Abstract
The historical debate on representation in cognitive science and neuroscience construes representations as theoretical posits and discusses the degree to which we have reason to posit them. We reject the premise of that debate. We argue that experimental neuroscientists routinely observe and manipulate neural representations in their laboratory. Therefore, neural representations are as real as neurons, action potentials, or any other well-established entities in our ontology.Author's Profile
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10.1007/s11023-018-9459-4
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