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The Cognitive Philosophy of Communication

Tjøstheim, Trond A. LU ; Stephens, Andreas LU orcid ; Anikin, Andrey LU orcid and Schwaninger, Arthur (2020) In Philosophies 5(4)(39).
Abstract
Numerous species use different forms of communication in order to successfully interact in their respective environment. This article seeks to elucidate limitations of the classical conduit metaphor by investigating communication from the perspectives of biology and artificial neural networks. First, communication is a biological natural phenomenon, found to be fruitfully grounded in an organism’s embodied structures and memory system, where specific abilities are tied to procedural, semantic, and episodic long-term memory as well as to working memory. Second, the account explicates differences between non-verbal and verbal communication and shows how artificial neural networks can communicate by means of ontologically non-committal... (More)
Numerous species use different forms of communication in order to successfully interact in their respective environment. This article seeks to elucidate limitations of the classical conduit metaphor by investigating communication from the perspectives of biology and artificial neural networks. First, communication is a biological natural phenomenon, found to be fruitfully grounded in an organism’s embodied structures and memory system, where specific abilities are tied to procedural, semantic, and episodic long-term memory as well as to working memory. Second, the account explicates differences between non-verbal and verbal communication and shows how artificial neural networks can communicate by means of ontologically non-committal modelling. This approach enables new perspectives of communication to emerge regarding both sender and receiver. It is further shown that communication features gradient properties that are plausibly divided into a reflexive and a reflective form, parallel to knowledge and reflection. (Less)
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communication, reflexive communication, reflective communication, knowledge, memory, artificial intelligence
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Philosophies
volume
5(4)
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39
article number
5(4), 39
pages
18 pages
publisher
MDPI AG
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  • scopus:85117815684
ISSN
2409-9287
DOI
10.3390/philosophies5040039
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Cognitive Philosophy Research Group (CogPhi)
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English
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  title        = {{The Cognitive Philosophy of Communication}},
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  doi          = {{10.3390/philosophies5040039}},
  volume       = {{5(4)}},
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