Contour interpolation: A case study in Modularity of Mind.
Contour interpolation: A case study in Modularity of Mind.
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10.1016/j.cognition.2018.01.008
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2018-05
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3.4
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Keane BP
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Keane BP
哲学家Jerry Fodor在他的专著《心智的模块化》（Modularity of Mind, 1983）中认为，心智架构可以部分地分解为被称为模块的计算器官，这些计算器官的特征是9个共同发生的特征，如自动机、领域特异性和信息封装。模块存在吗？到目前为止，辩论的框架非常笼统，几乎没有详细的案例研究。这个话题很重要，因为它对当前认知科学的争论有直接的影响，因为它可能提供一个可行的框架，从中进一步理解和提出关于大脑结构和功能的假设。在这里，案例是针对轮廓插值的模块化，这是一个感知过程，在周围可见边缘的时空配置的基础上表示不可见边缘。有大量证据表明，插值是特定领域的，强制性的，快速的，并且发育有序的；它产生了代表性贫乏的产出；它依赖于相对固定的神经结构，可以选择性地受损；它是信念和期望的结晶；它的内部运作不能通过有意识的内省来理解。在将轮廓插值与高阶轮廓表示能力（“轮廓抽象”）区分开来并考虑到看似不一致的实验结果后，认为插值是模块化的，因为插值的初始条件很强。随着插值轮廓变得更加突出，模块化特征出现。从整体上看，这些经验数据表明，至少大脑的某些部分是模块化组织的。
In his monograph Modularity of Mind (1983), philosopher Jerry Fodor argued that mental architecture can be partly decomposed into computational organs termed modules, which are characterized in terms of nine co-occurring features such as automaticity, domain specificity, and informational encapsulation. Do modules exist? Debates thus far have been framed very generally with few, if any, detailed case studies. The topic is important because it has direct implications on current debates in cognitive science and because it potentially provides a viable framework from which to further understand and make hypotheses about the mind’s structure and function. Here, the case is made for the modularity of contour interpolation, which is a perceptual process that represents non-visible edges on the basis of how surrounding visible edges are spatiotemporally configured. There is substantial evidence that interpolation is domain specific, mandatory, fast, and developmentally well-sequenced; that it produces representationally impoverished outputs; that it relies upon a relatively fixed neural architecture that can be selectively impaired; that it is encapsulated from belief and expectation; and that its inner workings cannot be fathomed through conscious introspection. Upon differentiating contour interpolation from higher order contour representational abilities (“contour abstraction”) and upon accommodating seemingly inconsistent experimental results, it is argued that interpolation is modular to the extent that the initiating conditions for interpolation are strong. As interpolated contours become more salient, the modularity features emerge. The empirical data, taken as a whole, show that at least certain parts of the mind are modularly organized.
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