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There is no concreteFor autonomous sensorimotor systems like us, all objects, whether primroses or prime numbers, are abstractions
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What autonomous systems can dosee (sense, perceive, discriminate relatively)learnrecognize (categorize kinds and individuals, discriminate absolutely))manipulate (Manipulate)name (identify)describe
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AbstractionDetecting invariants in varianceFeatures/parts/relationsSensorimotor interactionsGibsonian affordances
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Foundations of AbstractionBorgess Funes the MemoriousLuriass S: The Mind of a MnemonistWatanabes Ugly Dckling Theorem
Millers Magical Number 7 +/- 2
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DiscriminationRelative Discrimination: same/different judgments, analog matching, similarity judgment, more/less magnitude judgment, Just-Noticeable-Differences (JNDs)Absolute Discrimination: (recognition, identification, sorting/labeling, naming)
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Informational capacity limitsRelative discrimination: JNDsAbsolute discrimination: chunksSerial memory limitsRechunkingRecodingInvariance extraction
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Categorical perceptionImplicit/Explicit learning/knowledgeChicken-sexing Biedermans geon analysis
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3 ways of getting categoriesDarwinian theft (innately prepared feature detectorsSensorimotor toil (trial and error learning of categories from experience, with error-corrective feedback, knowledge by acquaintance) Symbolic theft (learning from hearsay: knowledge by description, language)
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How do autonomous systems access objects?Through category detectionAll category detection depends on abstraction: selectivity, invariance extractionObjects are whatever affords absolute discriminability, whether kinds or individuals, from primroses to prime numbers