Information and Metacognition

Miguel Ángel Sebastián (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Marc Artiga (Universitat de Barcelona)0

[PDF of Sebastián & Artiga’s paper]

[Jump to Rosa Cao’s comment]

[Jump to Dan Ryder’s comment]

[Jump to Sebastián & Artiga’s response]

Abstract

Representations are daily postulated in mainstream neuroscience. Nonetheless, few have actually tried to offer a general theory of representation based on those practices. Recently, some approaches have attempted to develop this idea and defend that the relation of representation can be explained in purely informational terms. In this paper we argue that such informational theories cannot provide a satisfactory account of the relation of representation. Continue reading Information and Metacognition