Re: Human language acquisition

The man quotes Skinner. But then, so did Chomsky.

"Michael Olea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lester Zick at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/1/03 8:15 AM:
>
> > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:03:09 -0500, Joe Legris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > in sci.cognitive wrote:
> >
> >> Glen M. Sizemore wrote:
> >
> > [. . .]
> >
> >> It is true that the existence of
> >>> such behavior in many cases is inferred, but then all of "cognition"
is
> >>> inferred.
> >>>
> >>
> > A technical question not intended to be pejorative:
> >
> > Is inference itself not a part of cognition in the sense of cognitive
> > behavior? It certainly wouldn't seem to be perceptual.
> >
> >
> > Regards - Lester
> >
>
> "There are, of course, reasons why a fluid flows slowly, and a molecular
> explanation of viscosity is a step forward. There are physiological
reasons
> why a person behaves in a manner we call cautious; and the physiologist
> will, we assume, eventually tell us what they are".
>
> I'm not so much ducking your question, Lester, as budgeting my time, but
> consider the following title: "Perception as Bayesian Inference", Knill,
D.
> C. & Richards, W. (Eds.), Cambridge University Press (1996). And now
> consider again the "Necker Cube", a line drawing consistent with an
infinite
> number of polyhedra out of which human observers usualy report only two,
and
> only one at a time, the two interpretations alternating if the drawing is
> viewed long enough. Visual space perception is inference.
>
> -- Michael
>