| | Problems, Problems: The Frame Problem as a Symptom of the Symbol Grounding Problem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | That is the symbol grounding problem: The connection between the symbols in a symbol system and what they are interpretable as being ABOUT must be grounded in something other than just the mediation of outside interpreters if they are to be candidates for what is going on in our heads when we think. |
 | | The problem is described as calling for a means of framing what is and is not altered by a change, but it is clear that the "change" is not especially one that is caused by an "action," like leaving the room, but, in principle, by any new data. |
 | | I think the reason the frame problem keeps rearing its head is because there is something intrinsically wrong with an ungrounded symbolic approach to modeling the mind (if not to building useful tools for systems with minds). |
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