Programming paradigms and mind metaphors: convergence and cross-fertilization in the study of cognition.
This paper describes a notable convergence between biological organization and programming language abstractions. Our aim is to explore possibilities of cross-fertilization, at both conceptual and empirical levels, towards the understanding of what cognition and cognitive systems might be.
Cosmelli
Diego
D
Laboratorio de Neurociencias, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Escuela de Psicología, and Laboratorio de Ciencias Cognitivas, Departamento de Psiquiatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. dcosmelli@uc.cl
Soto-Andrade
Jorge
J
Tanter
Eric
E
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological