For a long time, one has carried on an endless debate for the problem of the origin of cognition. Much of the debate surrounding this comes from the problem of infinite regress. In a discussion on theory of the thought of abstract neural automata (ANA), we have considered thought, resulting from the nonuniqueness of ANA, to be an important stage of all evolutionary processes of cognition. If thought is considered to be an evolutionary process, we may ask where is the origin of the evolutionary process? In this paper, using ready‐made theory, merely for the problem of origin of thought, we shall offer views of ourselves, which cannot begin to talk about bringing forth new ideas in theory. The view on the theory of ANA about such a problem is that the thought of ANA results from its nonuniqueness, the nonuniqueness results from its uniqueness, the uniqueness originates from its non‐existence – “empty”, i.e. essential answer having universal sense is that thought of ANA originates from “empty”.
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1 April 2003
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April 01 2003
Abstract neural automata (ANA):existence of “empty” and origin of thought
Xi Guangcheng
Xi Guangcheng
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7883
Print ISSN: 0368-492X
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2003
Kybernetes (2003) 32 (3): 388–393.
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Guangcheng X (2003), "Abstract neural automata (ANA):existence of “empty” and origin of thought". Kybernetes, Vol. 32 No. 3 pp. 388–393, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920310458601
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