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Cooperation, conceptual spaces and the evolution of semantics

Gärdenfors, Peter LU and Warglien, Massimo (2006) 3rd International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication, EELC 2006 4211 LNAI. p.16-30
Abstract
We start by providing an evolutionary scenario for the emergence of semantics. It is argued that the evolution of anticipatory cognition and theory of mind in the hominids opened up for cooperation about future goals. This cooperation requires symbolic communication. The meanings of the symbols are established via a "meeting of minds." The concepts in the minds of communicating individuals are modelled as convex regions in conceptual spaces. We then outline a mathematical framework based on fixpoints in continuous mappings between conceptual spaces that can be used to model such a semantics.
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Hominids, Symbolic communication, Fixpoints
host publication
Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Symbol Grounding and Beyond
volume
4211 LNAI
pages
16 - 30
publisher
Springer
conference name
3rd International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication, EELC 2006
conference location
Rome, Italy
conference dates
2006-09-30 - 2006-10-01
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  • wos:000242307400002
  • scopus:33750287217
ISSN
1611-3349
0302-9743
DOI
10.1007/11880172_2
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English
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  title        = {{Cooperation, conceptual spaces and the evolution of semantics}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/11880172_2}},
  volume       = {{4211 LNAI}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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