Representation hunger: Reformulating the “problem‐domain” of truly complex cognition
Mind & Language May 26, 2025 James D. Grayot 2 citations
The rapid growth of 4E‐cognition has led to increased skepticism about the role of internal representations in understanding complex cognitive tasks. Critics challenge the idea of representation‐hungry cognition (RHC), rejecting the notion that thinking about absent or abstract objects requires internal representations. Despite criticisms, I argue that RHC remains relevant to understanding what...