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An Unintentional Defense of the Indeterminacy of Meaning?
No full textMarkus Werning attempts to refute Quine’s thesis that meaning is indeterminate. To this purpose he employs Hodges’ theorem about extensions of cofinal meaning functions. But the theorem does neither suffice to solve Quine’s problem nor the problem Werning mistakenly identifies with Quine’s. Nevertheless it makes sense to employ the methods used in Werning’s paper with regard to Quine’s thesis, only that they tell in favour of the thesis instead of against it.publishe
Minds, persons, and space: An fMRI investigation into the relational complexity of higher-order intentionality
No full textMental state reasoning or theory-of-mind has been the subject of a rich body of imaging research. Although such investigations routinely tap a common set of regions, the precise function of each area remains a contentious matter. With the help of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we sought to determine which areas are involved when processing mental state or intentional metarepresentations by focusing on the relational aspect of such representations. Using non-intentional relational representations such as spatial relations between persons and between objects as a contrast, the results ascertained the involvement of the precuneus, the temporal poles, and the medial prefrontal cortex in the processing of intentional representations. In contrast, the anterior superior temporal sulcus and the left temporo-parietal junction were implicated when processing representations that refer to the presence of persons in relational contexts in general. The right temporo-parietal junction, however, was specifically activated for persons entering spatial relations. The level of representational complexity, a previously unexplored factor, was also found to modulate the neural response in some brain regions, such as the medial prefrontal cortex and the right temporo-parietal junction. These findings highlight the need to take into account the critical roles played by an extensive network of neural regions during mental state reasoning
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No full textAuthor Markus PodduikinMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 2024Arbeit gesperr
Improving the search for monitoring tools using recommender technology
No full textAuthor Markus Eisl BSc.Masterarbeit Universität Linz 2023Arbeit gesperr
Improving the search for monitoring tools using recommender technology
No full textAuthor Markus Eisl BSc.Masterarbeit Universität Linz 2023Arbeit gesperr
Remembering without (representational) memory: A neuro-computational study on regaining categoricity and compositionality from minimal traces
No full textThis paper provides a proof of principle for the philosophical theory of Trace Minimalism (Werning, 2020), a novel account of episodic memory. It claims that remembering goes without the storage of representational content in memory. Remembering rather consists in the construction of a representation about a scenario, previously experienced, through the interaction of minimal traces with acquired statistical regularities. A minimal trace merely constitutes a causal link to the experience but possesses no trans-temporally transmitted representational (viz. categorical and compositional) content. Our proof of principle uses a neuro-computational model that is based on an autoencoder modeling the visual pathway and a transformer modeling the semantic information network. It assumes the hippocampus as the host of minimal traces. Our model demonstrates that minimal traces, which lack sufficient information for the reliable categorization and composition of content on their own, can be enhanced through interaction with semantic information. This process allows for the accurate construction of past scenarios, respecting regularities in the world, and supporting the reliability of episodic memory. Our findings suggest that episodic memory relies on sparse, fragmentary information rather than stored content, providing a robust proof of principle that remembering is possible without representational memory traces
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No full textauthor: Markus RödlKumulative Masterarbeit aus einem ArtikelMasterarbeit University of Innsbruck 2022Arbeit gesperr
metal-organic framework 4H, 4H-octafluoroazobenezene perfluoroazobenzene
No full textauthor: Markus RödlKumulative Masterarbeit aus einem ArtikelMasterarbeit University of Innsbruck 2022Arbeit gesperr
Strategi Pelayanan Lintas Budaya Berdasarkan Markus 4:1-34
No full textHarming & Katarina, Cross-cultural Service Strategy based on Mark 4: 1-34. The author conducted a study of the text of Mark 4: 1-34 using qualitative research literature study using the biblical hermeneutic principle. Based on the analysis of the text of Mark 4: 1-34 the authors find there are four cross-cultural service strategies namely by understanding local culture, using media. Harming & Katarina, Strategi Pelayanan Lintas budaya Berdasarkan Markus 4:1-34. Penulis melakukan penelitian terhadap teks Markus 4:1-34 dengan menggunakan penelitian kualitatif studi pustaka dengan menggunakan prinsip hermeneutik Alkitab. Berdasarkan analisis terhadap teks Markus 4:1-34 penulis menemukan ada empat strategi pelayanan lintas budaya yaitu dengan memahami budaya lokal, menggunakan media yang ada dalam budaya, memberdayakan potensi yang ada, dan menciptakan terobosan
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From Minimal Traces to Scenarios of the Past: A Neuro-Computational Model on Regaining Categoricity and Compositionality in Remembering
No full textThis paper presents a proof of principle for Trace Minimalism (Werning, 2020), a novel philosophical framework for episodic memory. Trace Minimalism claims that remembering does not involve the storage of representational content but rather the reconstruction of past scenarios through the interaction of minimal traces with semantic information. Minimal traces establish a causal link to prior experiences but lack categorical and compositional content. We provide a neuro-computational model using a vector-quantized autoencoder and a transformer-based semantic completion mechanism. Our findings support the hypothesis that remembering is possible without representational memory traces and that minimal traces, in interaction with semantic information, reliably construct past scenarios. The results offer a compelling alternative to classical representational theories of memory while maintaining causal continuity with past experiences
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