In:The Abstraction Engine: Extracting patterns in language, mind and brain
Michael Fortescue
[Advances in Consciousness Research 94] 2017
► pp. 189–192
Subject index
Published online: 11 April 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.94.si
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.94.si
A
- abduction 125, 145n20
- abstract affixes21
- abstract art 89, 94, 171
- abstract concepts 23, 24, 31, 44, 80, 102, 103
- abstract expressionism 89, 90
- abstract lexicon 4, 35
- abstract objects 46n7, 128, 132, 170
- abstract words 4, 7, 22, 23, 24, 31, 33, 56, 76, 102, 103, 104, 112, 113, 167
- abstraction by emergence 9, 163, 171
- abstraction by matching 9, 30, 73, 163, 171
- abstraction from memory10
- accommodation 7, 120
- action schemas108
- actual occasions 126, 134, 134n9, 135, 152
- affordance 32, 33, 77, 141, 149, 170, 173
- Ahtna47
- Alex 79, 115, 161
- algorithm97
- amodal representations 59, 70, 71, 99, 103
- analogy 2, 3, 28, 39, 40, 40n1, 51, 53, 75, 78, 92, 113, 121, 127, 131, 138, 139, 145, 145n20, 146, 147, 148, 150
- aspect 53, 53n1, 54
- assimilation120
- associations 3, 7, 10, 31, 50, 103, 135, 136, 141, 142, 143, 169, 171
- Athabaskan languages 24, 41, 45, 46, 47, 50
- attractor80
- auditory objects76
B
- basic emotions 85, 87, 88
- basic level 34, 112
- bifurcation of nature 131, 165
- bilingual brain67
- binding problem 100, 144
- blending 35, 37, 82, 83, 109, 135
- bootstrapping113
- brain 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21n11, 35, 57, 60n3, 66, 67, 73, 74, 75, 82, 83, 92, 93, 94, 95, 95n1, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 107, 121, 131, 134, 135, 136, 140, 149, 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 159, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 173, 174
- bridging inference60
- Broca’s area 14, 15, 98, 107, 150
C
- categorization 34, 146, 147
- causal efficacy 6, 70n9, 126, 136, 137, 137n12, 138, 140, 152
- cause and effect 56, 57, 125
- Chinese 4, 25, 40
- Chipewyan 24, 46, 47
- Chukchi 9n3, 49
- co-articulation15
- co-evolution 149, 161
- coarse graining 164, 171
- cognitive grammar29
- cognitive integration3
- cognitive linguistics 4, 20, 23, 29, 33n3, 39, 40, 49, 50, 53, 58, 70, 79, 83, 113, 114, 130, 135, 145
- cognitive models 32, 33, 69, 87
- Cohort model 14, 75, 171
- colour 73, 79, 84, 90, 99, 114, 124, 132, 139, 139n15
- combinatorial network98
- communicative situation 8, 107
- complexity 18n8, 19, 23, 23n13, 24, 25, 33, 35, 36, 39, 102, 116, 117, 164, 165, 168, 173
- compositionality 35, 36, 37, 37n5
- compression 37, 55, 83
- computational mind 154, 156
- computer simulations 15, 95
- conceptual feelings 135, 171
- conceptual metaphor41
- conceptual structure 29, 36, 54, 76, 154, 161, 170
- concrescence 126, 134, 134n9, 135, 136, 137, 144, 144n19
- connectionism 5, 15, 66, 80, 95, 96, 97, 99, 104, 114, 120
- consciousness 6, 57, 83, 97, 130n6, 135, 137, 139, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 162, 167, 170, 171
- context 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 23, 25, 32, 35, 36n4, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 70, 77, 79, 95, 99, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 114, 126, 127, 128, 133, 136, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 158, 160, 162, 169, 170, 171, 171n6
- Contextual Symmetry hypothesis 106, 141n16
- convergence zones 35, 98, 99, 102, 105n3, 108, 167
- copula24
- core consciousness 157, 158
- core meaning 36n4, 50, 104
- correlation learning99
- counterfactual statements83
- cultural artefacts 6, 131, 163, 164, 171
- cultural context 39, 48, 49, 50, 126
D
- Danish 11, 12n6, 27, 41, 42, 43, 44n2, 45
- declarative memory 66, 68, 87
- definition of abstraction 1, 29, 171
- deixis 11, 121
- derivational affixes20
- diagrams 18, 28, 74, 104, 105, 140, 141, 142
- digital computer 2, 140, 153
- distributed conceptual networks98
- dorsal stream 73, 98
- double articulation 9, 30
- dreaming 81, 82, 83, 84, 124
- dual coding 5, 76
- dynamic systems 135, 165
E
- effective complexity 164, 165
- embodied abstraction 35, 70, 99
- embodiment 30, 31, 35, 39, 70, 103, 135, 137, 168
- emergence 9, 30, 149, 152, 154, 160, 163, 171
- emergent property 101, 121n5, 135, 139, 155
- emotion 5, 6, 31, 46, 67, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 99, 103, 106, 171
- emotional root89
- enactivism149
- entropy 6, 7, 164, 165, 166, 167, 174
- episodic memory 66, 69, 143, 171
- equations 128, 131
- ERP 14, 98, 100
- Eskimo-Aleut 39, 41, 50, 85, 118
- eternal object 131, 135, 136, 138, 139, 144, 144n19
- event structure 56, 60, 65
- evolution 6, 76, 88, 125, 149, 152, 153, 159, 161, 162, 164, 167, 171, 173
- existential quantifier133
F
- f-mind 97, 153
- family resemblance 36n4, 82, 103, 145, 148
- fast mapping 114, 118
- fMRI 15, 102, 106, 166
- Force Dynamics 31, 51, 130
- formal semantics 128, 132, 133
- forms of definiteness 125, 131, 144, 168, 170
- fractals90
- Frame Semantics50
- frames 4, 32, 33, 37, 48, 49, 50, 80, 100, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109
- frames of reference 11, 12
- Functional Grammar 20, 24
G
- generalization 3, 62, 71, 79, 158, 161
- generative linguistics 4, 16, 19, 97
- genre 8, 13, 107
- gestalt 8n1, 75, 113, 125
- gesticulation98
- grammaticalization 172, 173
- granularity 30, 64, 91, 142, 168
- great apes 150, 151, 159, 161
- growth point 5, 58, 150
H
- hallucinations 83, 84
- hidden layer 95, 99, 139
- hierarchical organization 5, 18, 74, 98, 154, 166
- hippocampus 67, 67n7, 69, 75
- holophrasis 116, 117
I
- icons 18, 28, 40
- idioms 33, 42, 59, 148
- image schemas 4, 29, 36, 37, 38, 39, 58, 76, 80, 81, 85, 106, 130, 135, 150, 152, 168, 171
- imagination 2, 3, 5, 37, 73, 81, 83, 84, 92, 140, 151, 152, 153, 158, 160
- induction 123, 124, 125
- information unit57
- ingression 131, 135, 142, 152
- innateness 4, 16, 38, 114
- inner speech 58, 63, 77, 119
- intellectual feelings 135, 136
- intention 8, 22, 57, 83, 99, 107, 172
- Intermediate Level theory 6, 153, 154, 156, 170
- intuitive judgment 136, 152
J
- Japanese 39, 146
L
- LAD 120, 121
- language acquisition 111, 120, 121, 146
- language games127
- language-specific 35, 39, 41, 48, 49, 68, 111, 116
- left hemisphere 14, 67, 93, 98, 102, 104, 105, 107
- lemma33
- lexical concepts 32, 33, 33n2, 34, 35, 69, 104
- limbic system 103, 107
- linguistic processing 97, 98, 101n2
- living societies152
- logic 124, 126, 128, 129, 130, 130n6, 132, 132n7, 145n20, 156, 163
- logical subject 136, 144
- logogram 25, 26, 40
M
- macro-event 53, 54, 55
- macro-functional 33, 104, 106, 108
- mapping 2, 15, 55, 67n7, 79, 98, 111, 114, 118
- maps 40, 145, 151, 162
- mathematical abstraction 5, 90, 128, 132
- mathematical formula 90, 133
- mediatory column 104, 140, 142, 145
- memes163
- memory 1, 5, 10, 14, 15, 21n11, 30, 32, 35, 44n3, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 67n7, 68, 69, 70, 71, 71n10, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 84, 87, 88, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 101, 101n2, 102, 104, 107, 109, 114, 120, 137, 139, 139n15, 141, 142, 143, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 155n2, 156, 157, 158, 160, 165, 166, 167, 169, 171, 173
- mental lexicon 2, 6, 14, 36, 49, 66, 67, 68, 69, 69n8, 76, 102, 140
- mental model 10, 11, 60, 61, 61n4, 62, 64, 65, 66, 92, 107, 108, 109
- Mentalese 60, 77, 79
- metaphor 4, 23, 24, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 40n1, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 45n4, 46n7, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 113, 143n17, 145, 146, 150
- metonymy 22, 23, 39, 44, 45, 47, 89
- microfeatures97
- Minimalist Program19
- mirror neurons 150, 151
- module 19, 19n9, 37, 76, 80, 96, 97, 112
- modus ponens 128, 130
- Mohawk 54, 118
- Montague semantics132n7
- morphemes 9, 21, 30, 55, 113, 117, 118, 142, 146
- multimodal representations 32, 76, 99, 100, 102, 103, 168
- Murrinh-Patha118
- music 5, 76, 89, 92, 93, 94, 145n20, 154, 171
N
- narrative 5, 53, 55, 60, 62, 66, 81, 89, 106, 158
- Natural Semantic Metalanguage 24, 87
- neural assemblies 3, 74, 95, 99, 101, 104, 166
- neural networks 5, 15, 68, 83, 169
- neural oscillation100
- neurons 15, 80, 83, 95, 97, 99, 101, 105n3, 131, 149, 150, 151, 153
- nexus 22, 61n5, 135, 136, 136n11, 137n12, 138, 141, 144, 144n18, 152, 158, 170, 172
- non-linear cortical dynamics101
- Nuuchahnulth53n1
O
- ordinary language philosophy127
- over-extension114
P
- Papuan languages54
- pattern recognition 3, 169
- PDP95
- perceptual symbols 24, 61, 65, 70, 79, 80, 152, 157
- phenomenology 81, 125, 127, 155
- philosophy of organism 125, 131, 134
- phonemes 4, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 68, 107, 111, 141, 142, 161
- phonological context 8, 9, 107, 108
- phrase structure rules 17, 20
- phylogenetic development167
- pictograms25
- Planck’s constant 131, 133
- Platonic world 90, 130, 163
- Polar Eskimo 22, 25, 43, 44
- polysemy 34, 43
- polysynthetic languages 54, 116, 117, 118n4, 119
- practical abstractions 94, 130, 133, 163
- prediction 2, 2n1, 93, 100, 107, 124, 173
- prehension 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 144n18, 152, 155, 156, 166, 173
- presentational immediacy 2, 6, 136, 137, 137n12, 138, 140, 153
- Principles and Parameters 16, 120
- problem-solving 6, 19n9, 125, 158, 159, 162, 164
- procedural memory 66, 67, 68, 87
- profiling130
- projection 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 18, 29, 34, 73, 74, 76, 81, 82, 84, 93, 140, 143, 169, 170, 173
- proposition 20, 58, 60, 65, 66, 83, 108, 129, 132, 132n7, 135, 136, 144n18
- proto-inferences78
- proto-speech acts115
- prototype 10, 34, 86, 114, 115, 131, 139, 146
- psycholinguistic models 4, 10, 14
- psychological predicate 58, 136n11
Q
- qualia 124, 124n2, 134, 139, 155, 163, 172
- quantum decoherence164
R
- rationality 77, 78, 150, 151, 152, 157, 162
- realist 123, 131, 159n3, 169, 170
- recognition of faces67n6
- recursivity 79, 118, 130, 162, 172
- reference 3, 7, 11, 12, 21, 30, 60, 79, 118, 126, 128, 132, 137, 137n12, 138, 140, 152, 153, 166
- regularisation113
- relativism 39, 81, 119
- reservoir model 101, 109, 153
- reversions 136, 171
- right hemisphere 14, 60n3, 73, 93, 98, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 157
S
- scenarios 1, 4, 30, 33, 49, 50, 68, 87, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 143, 144
- schematization 30, 141
- Second Law of Thermodynamics 164, 165, 174
- self-organised systems98
- semantic memory 32, 35, 70, 97, 104, 167
- semantic primitives 34, 36, 37, 106
- semantics 14, 20, 21, 33, 49, 50, 54, 56, 59, 70, 102, 104, 114, 118, 128, 130, 132, 132n7, 133, 154, 167, 168
- sentence comprehension14
- serial verbs55
- short-term memory 15, 69, 154
- sign language 11, 25, 27, 58, 87, 145, 171
- signs 18, 27, 40, 58, 87, 128, 145, 161
- similarity 3, 6, 51, 119, 138, 145, 146, 147, 148, 169
- simplification 15, 19, 37, 75, 90, 92, 99, 117, 139
- simulation 32, 56, 61n4, 70, 80, 109, 141
- situation models60
- situation types 10, 34, 55, 91, 151
- social scenarios 1, 30, 109
- speech acts 4, 12, 23, 115
- story grammar62
- structural coupling149
- subjective form 134, 135, 139, 148, 155, 163, 171
- symbolic logic 124, 128
- symbolic reference 137, 137n12, 138, 140, 153, 166
- synaptic connections102
- syntactic structure 11, 14
T
- templatic31
- the self 157, 158
- theory of mind 87, 112, 150, 171
- third order entities 58, 59, 132
- tools 78, 106, 129, 131, 151, 161, 162
- touch 154, 155
- TRACE15
- transcendence102
- transformational grammar 16, 17, 20
- transmutation 1, 6, 137, 138, 138n13, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 155, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173
- tree structure17
U
- unification100
- Universal Grammar 37, 120, 160
- universals 4, 6, 16, 48, 123, 124, 125, 127, 133, 171
- usage-based 30, 38, 111, 121, 147
V
- ventral stream15
- visual abstraction 73, 76, 171
- visuo-motor coordination73
- vocabulary explosion116
W
- Wernicke’s area 14, 105
- West Greenlandic 21, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 54, 57, 59, 118, 120, 146
- word recognition 14, 15, 95
- working memory 21n11, 69, 70, 87, 99, 120, 160
- World 3, 6, 131, 158, 163, 171, 172
