Cognitivism
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Christophe Rigon:
"The cognitivist research program can be summarized as answers to the following questions:
- Question # 1: What is cognition:
Answer: Information processing: Rule-based manipulation of symbols.
- Question # 2: How does it work?
Answer: Through any device which can support and manipulate discrete physical elements: the symbols. The system interacts only with the form of the symbols (their physical attributes), not their meaning.
- Question # 3: How do I know when such a cognitive system is functioning adequately?
Answer: When the symbols appropriately represent some aspect of the real world, and the information processing leads to a successful solution of the problem posed to the system."
(https://scybernethics.org/whence-perceptual-meaning-a-cartography-of-current-ideas-varela-f-j-1992/)