Neural Representation
Neural Representation
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DOI：
10.1093/oso/9780198866282.003.0013
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发表时间：
2020-11
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通讯作者：
G. Piccinini
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作者：
G. Piccinini
神经表征是由神经系统构建的生物体和环境的模型。这一章提供了一个帐户的代表性作用和内容的指示性和强制性的陈述。它还认为，与主流假设相反，表征不仅仅是理论假设。相反，神经表征是可观察的，并且由实验神经科学家在他们的实验室中进行常规观察和操作。如果一种类型的实体是可观察或可操纵的，那么它就存在。因此，神经表征与神经元、动作电位或我们的本体论中的任何其他实验建立的实体一样是真实的。
Neural representations are models of the organism and environment built by the nervous system. This chapter provides an account of representational role and content for both indicative and imperative representations. It also argues that, contrary to a mainstream assumption, representations are not merely theoretical posits. Instead, neural representations are observable and are routinely observed and manipulated by experimental neuroscientists in their laboratories. If a type of entity is observable or manipulable, then it exists. Therefore, neural representations are as real as neurons, action potentials, or any other experimentally established entities in our ontology.