Re: Cognitive Inference

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:16:18 GMT, island <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in
comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Lester Zick wrote:
>> 
>>                                     Cognitive Inference
>> 
>> What is the process by which we see things? Most who think we see
>> things would suggest that the process is one of perceptual inference.
>> Then the question becomes how do we think of things that are not
>> perceptual in nature and have no direct perceptual referrents? My
>> contention is that this process represents cognitive inference.
>> 
>> Now the question is how? If we consider that perceptual inference uses
>> differences the answer becomes obvious. If the brain/mind complex
>> takes differences in order to establish perceptual properties, why not
>> just take differences among such differences to establish a basis for
>> cognitive iinference.
>> 
>> The suggestion then is that perceptual inference is drawn among
>> properties in the visual field but that cognitive inference is drawn
>> between properties in different perceptual fields.
>> 
>> Regards - Lester
>
>Sounds to me like you're saying that cognitive inverence is drawn
>between properties of a more refined level differentiation of the same
>perceptual field.

I suppose this is also possible. But I have something a little
different in mind for this idea. At present I'm just trying to
establish a practical means of locomotion in mechanical terms.



Regards - Lester