Object recognition is not predication - Commentary on James R. Hurford: 'The neural basis of predicate-argument structure'

Jean-Louis Dessalles (1, 2, 3) , Laleh Ghadakpour (1, 2, 3)

1 Télécom ParisTech
2 INFRES - Département Informatique et Réseaux
3 LTCI - Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information

Predicates involved in language and reasoning are claimed to radically differ from categories applied to objects. Human predicates are the cognitive result of a contrast between perceived objects. Object recognition alone cannot generate such operations as modification and explicit negation. The mechanism studied by Hurford constitutes at best an evolutionary prerequisite of human predication ability.

Mots clés: concetp; cognition

Domaines: Sciences cognitives; Linguistique

Jean-Louis Dessalles, Laleh Ghadakpour. Object recognition is not predication - Commentary on James R. Hurford: 'The neural basis of predicate-argument structure'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2003, 26 (3), pp.290-291. ⟨hal-00614813⟩