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Implicit representation, mental states, and mental processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Richard A. Carlson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16803-3106 cvy@psu.edu gandalf.la.psu.edu/Rich/

Abstract

Dienes & Perner's target article constitutes a significant advance in thinking about implicit knowledge. However, it largely neglects processing details and thus the time scale of mental states realizing propositional attitudes. Considering real-time processing raises questions about the possible brevity of implicit representation, the nature of processes that generate explicit knowledge, and the points of view from which knowledge may be represented. Understanding the propositional attitude analysis in terms of momentary mental states points the way toward answering these questions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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