NTP 666 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
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Hypotheses - ✔✔are proposed explanations for a fairly narrow set
ofphenomena. [...] they are usually based on prior experience,
scientificbackground knowledge, preliminary observations, and
logic.Example: bee species with characteristics common to two different
breeds is the result of ahybridization between these 2 breeds
Theories - ✔✔broad explanations for a wide range of phenomena.
concise (i.e., generally don't have a long list of exceptions and special
rules),
coherent,
systematic,
predictive,
broadly applicable.
Higher-order theories: - ✔✔higher-order thought (HOT) or perception
(HOP)
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Reflexive theories - ✔✔conscious state // explicit self-awareness &
intentionality
Representationalist theories - ✔✔mental states are all representational
properties
Narrative interpretative theories - ✔✔e.g. multiple draft models of D.
Dennett
Cognitive theories - ✔✔Global Workspace, Attended Intermediate
Representation
Neural theories: - ✔✔Neural Synchrony,
Recurrent Processing Theory,
Llinas'sthalamic modulated patterns of cortical activation,
Damasio's fronto-limbic nexus
Quantum theories: - ✔✔Penrose/Hameroff's Orchestrated Objective
Reduction (ORCH)based on quantum vibrations of microtubules
General Requirements of Higher-Order Theories - ✔✔First order
representations
higher-order representation
Transitivity principle