?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Outline+of+a+new+approach+to+the+nature+of+mind&rft.creator=Gelepithis%2C+Dr+Petros+A.+M.+&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=I+propose+a+new+approach+to+the+constitutive+problem+of+psychology+%E2%80%98what+is+mind%3F%E2%80%99+The+first+section+introduces+modifications+of+the+received+scope%2C+methodology%2C+and+evaluation+criteria+of+unified+theories+of+cognition+in+accordance+with+the+requirements+of+evolutionary+compatibility+and+of+a+mature+science.+The+second+section+outlines+the+proposed+theory.+Its+first+part+provides+empirically+verifiable+conditions+delineating+the+class+of+meaningful+neural+formations+and+modifies+accordingly+the+traditional+conceptions+of+meaning%2C+concept+and+thinking.+This+analysis+is+part+of+a+theory+of+communication+in+terms+of+inter-level+systems+of+primitives+that+proposes+the+communication-understanding+principle+as+a+psychological+invariance.+It+unifies+a+substantial+amount+of+research+by+systematizing+the+notions+of+meaning%2C+thinking%2C+concept%2C+belief%2C+communication%2C+and+understanding+and+leads+to+a+minimum+vocabulary+for+this+core+system+of+mental+phenomena.+Its+second+part+argues+that+written+human+language+is+the+key+characteristic+of+the+artificially+natural+human+mind.+Overall%2C+the+theory+both+supports+Darwin%E2%80%99s+continuity+hypothesis+and+proposes+that+the+mental+gap+is+within+our+own+species.&rft.date=2009-06-24&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6571%2F1%2FNoM.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gelepithis%2C+Dr+Petros+A.+M.+++(2009)+Outline+of+a+new+approach+to+the+nature+of+mind.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6571%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>