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| Learning: learning is acquiring the ability to establish relationships between signs, symptoms or symbols and objects. This also includes e.g. recognition and recollection of patterns, similarities, sensory perceptions, self-perception, etc. In the ideal case, the ability to apply generalizations to future cases is acquired while learning. See also knowledge, knowledge-how, competence._____________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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Ruth Millikan on Learning - Dictionary of Arguments
I 301 Identification/Learning/Knowledge/World/Identity/Millikan: that we are not only programmed to identify, but that we can learn this, shows that we need to have a way of knowing how the world should look like. That is a knowledge-how. >Knowing how. I 302 Novelty/Millikan: we create new concepts by matching our methods of term repetition so that they produce consistent inner images for us. Two conditions must be assumed: 1. Terms must be tested in groups that are small enough to locate the cause of inconsistencies. 2. There must be a rich opportunity for the emergence of contradictions. >Introduction. I 306 Learning/language/identification/child/Millikan: even a child learns a lot linguistically, which would be much more difficult to learn in direct perception. E.g. recognizing different dogs as belonging to one kind. >Language, >Perception, >Language acquisition. I 307 Learning/Language/identification/Wittgenstein/Millikan: Thesis: Learning how to identify something is like learning how to apply a measuring scale._____________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. |
Millikan I R. G. Millikan Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism Cambridge 1987 Millikan II Ruth Millikan "Varieties of Purposive Behavior", in: Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals, R. W. Mitchell, N. S. Thomspon and H. L. Miles (Eds.) Albany 1997, pp. 189-1967 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19