creators_name: Tirassa, Maurizio
creators_name: Carassa, Antonella
creators_name: Geminiani, Giuliano
editors_name: O'Nuallain, Sean
type: bookchapter
datestamp: 2004-04-07
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:31
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title: A theoretical framework for the study of spatial cognition
ispublished: pub
subjects: psy-bio
subjects: bio-ani-cog
subjects: bio-evo
subjects: comp-psy
subjects: phil-mind
subjects: phil-epist
full_text_status: public
keywords: Spatial cognition; Representation; Cognitive architecture; Phylogeny; Evolution;
note: With kind permission by John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
abstract: We argue that the locomotion of organisms is better understood as a form of interaction with a subjective environment, rather than as a set of behaviors allegedly amenable to objective descriptions. An organism's interactions with its subjective environment are in turn understandable in terms of its cognitive architecture. We propose a large-scale classification of the possible types of cognitive architectures, giving a sketch of the subjective structure that each of them superimposes on space and of the relevant consequences on locomotion. The classification comprises a main division between nonrepresentational and representational architectures and further subdivisions.
date: 2000
date_type: published
publication: Spatial cognition. Foundations and applications
publisher: Benjamins
pagerange: 19-31
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Tirassa, Maurizio and Carassa, Antonella and Geminiani, Giuliano  (2000) A theoretical framework for the study of spatial cognition.  [Book Chapter]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3552/1/2000-Space.pdf