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| Papert's Principle: Papert's Principle is a theory of cognitive development that states that the most important steps in mental development are based on the acquisition of new administrative ways to use the knowledge we already have. See also knowledge representation, knowledge, thinking, progress, artificial intelligence._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Marvin Minsky on Papert’s Principle - Dictionary of Arguments
Minsky I 102 Def Papert’s Principle/Minsky: Some of the most crucial steps in mental growth are based not simply on acquiring new skills, but on acquiring new administrative ways to use what one already knows. [Context: e.g. the problem of how small children judge quantities, as shown by Piaget: Four- and five-year-old children believe that when water is poured from a short wide glass into a tall thin glass that there is more water in the latter.(1)] >Developmental stages, >Developmental stages/Piaget, >J. >Piaget. Solution/Artificial Intelligence/software agents/Minsky: [we use] middle-level managers (...)[ to] form a new, intermediate layer that groups together certain sets of lower-level skills. >Artificial Intelligence, >Software Agents. Papert/Minsky: Papert's principle suggests that the processes which assemble agents into groups must somehow exploit relationships among the skills of those agents. 1. David Klahr, ”Revisiting Piaget. A Perspective from Studies of Children’s Problem-solving Abilities”, in: Alan M. Slater and Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Minsky I Marvin Minsky The Society of Mind New York 1985 Minsky II Marvin Minsky Semantic Information Processing Cambridge, MA 2003 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-29