Neural Representations and Concept Formation

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What is a key characteristic of the representational system underlying human thought?

Visual-like

Similar to spoken human languages (correct)

Non-compositional

Symbolic and arbitrary

Why does Fodor argue that thought must have syntactic tokens capable of expressing propositional meanings?

As cognition is productive and requires the ability to entertain an indefinitely large number of semantically distinct thoughts (correct)

To restrict the number of semantically distinct thoughts

Because cognition is unproductive

Due to the non-systematic nature of thoughts

What is the dominant approach to treating language according to the text?

Non-symbolic view with concrete symbols and no syntactic rules

Complete absence of symbols in language

Symbolic view with abstract symbols combined by syntactic rules (correct)

Direct representation without symbolic manipulation

What does the concept CAT encompass in terms of neural representation?

Neuronal networks of seeing a cat, hearing a cat, touching a cat, and other conceptual information. Signup and view all the answers

How does the brain store the meaning of words and concepts according to the text?

By relating meaning to different perceptual or motor systems of the brain. Signup and view all the answers

What activates the concept of CAT besides directly seeing or hearing a cat?

Mentioning sounds like /kQt/ in English or /gato/ in Spanish. Signup and view all the answers

What types of words are mentioned in the text as being distinct in many ways?

Nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs Signup and view all the answers

Which type of morphemes are most commonly associated with expressing lexical meaning?

-ness, -ize Signup and view all the answers

What is the hardest part of identifying morphemes according to the text?

Differentiating between lexical and grammatical morphemes Signup and view all the answers

What can be used to express the concept of 'number' lexically?

Numeral (one, two, three) Signup and view all the answers

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What is a key characteristic of the representational system underlying human thought?

Why does Fodor argue that thought must have syntactic tokens capable of expressing propositional meanings?

What is the dominant approach to treating language according to the text?

What does the concept CAT encompass in terms of neural representation?

How does the brain store the meaning of words and concepts according to the text?

What activates the concept of CAT besides directly seeing or hearing a cat?

What types of words are mentioned in the text as being distinct in many ways?

Which type of morphemes are most commonly associated with expressing lexical meaning?

What is the hardest part of identifying morphemes according to the text?

What can be used to express the concept of 'number' lexically?

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