?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Musings+on+the+roles+of+logical+and+non-logical+representations+in+intelligence&rft.creator=Sloman%2C+Aaron&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Syntax&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Logic&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=This+paper+offers+a+short+and+biased+overview+of+the+history+of+discussion+and+controversy+about+the+role+of+different+forms+of+representation+in+intelligent+agents.+It+repeats+and+extends+some+of+the+criticisms+of+the+%60logicist'+approach+to+AI+that+I+first+made+in+1971%2C+while+also+defending+logic+for+its+power+and+generality.+It+identifies+some+common+confusions+regarding+the+role+of+visual+or+diagrammatic+reasoning+including+confusions+based+on+the+fact+that+different+forms+of+representation+may+be+used+at+different+levels+in+an+implementation+hierarchy.+This+is+contrasted+with+the+way+in+the+use+of+one+form+of+representation+(e.g.+pictures)+can+be+%7B%5Cem+controlled%7D+using+another+(e.g.+logic%2C+or+programs).+Finally+some+questions+are+asked+about+the+role+of+metrical+information+in+biological+visual+systems.&rft.publisher=AAAI+Press&rft.contributor=Glasgow%2C+Janice&rft.contributor=Narayanan%2C+Hari&rft.contributor=Chandrasekaran%2C+&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F706%2F2%2FAaron.Sloman_musings.ps&rft.identifier=++Sloman%2C+Aaron++(1995)+Musings+on+the+roles+of+logical+and+non-logical+representations+in+intelligence.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F706%2F