A Mechanism for Early Piagetian Learning
Abstract
I propose a mechanism to model aspects of Piagetian development in infants. The mechanism combines a powerful empirical learning technique with an unusual facility for constructing novel elements of representation-- elements designating states that are not mere logical combinations of other represented states. I sketch how this mechanism might recapitulate the infant's gradual recognition that there exist physical objects that persist even when the infant does not perceive them. I also report results of a preliminary, partial implementation.
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Drescher. "A Mechanism for Early Piagetian Learning." AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1987.Markdown
[Drescher. "A Mechanism for Early Piagetian Learning." AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1987.](https://mlanthology.org/aaai/1987/drescher1987aaai-mechanism/)BibTeX
@inproceedings{drescher1987aaai-mechanism,
title = {{A Mechanism for Early Piagetian Learning}},
author = {Drescher, Gary L.},
booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
year = {1987},
pages = {290-294},
url = {https://mlanthology.org/aaai/1987/drescher1987aaai-mechanism/}
}