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.
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
Diego
D
Cosmelli
Jorge
J
Soto-Andrade
Eric
E
Tanter
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological