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The Problem of Merge

Authors: Destéfano, Mariela Natalia;

The Problem of Merge

Abstract

Focusing on biolinguistic considerations, Merge is a formal operation proposed by theoretical linguistics and linked to specific principles of neural computation. In this sense, Merge can be viewed as a natural operation of the brain. Merge is commonly claimed to be a digital operation. In a first approximation, digital computation is the processing of strings of digits according to general rules defined over these digits. However, it seems that neural processes are not digital computations. These conflictive claims, e.g. the digital characterization of Merge and the non-digital characterization of the brain, leads to the following scenario: either Merge is an operation that is not realized in the brain or Merge is realized in the brain but not digitally. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the problems posed by each thesis.

Desde la bioloinguistica, ensamble sería una operación digital realizada en el cerebro que, en tanto tal, estaría asociada a principios específicos de la computación neural. En una primera aproximación, la computación digital consiste en el procesamiento de cadenas de dígitos de acuerdo a reglas generales. Sin embargo, los procesos neurales no se desarrollarían de acuerdo a los principios de la computación digital. Estas afirmaciones en conflicto, e.g., la caracterización digital de ensamble y la caracterización no digital del cerebro, llevan al siguiente escenario: o bien ensamble es una operación que no realiza el cerebro, o bien es realizada por el cerebro pero no digitalmente. El propósito de este artículo es evaluar los problemas de estas dos tesis.

Fil: Destéfano, Mariela Natalia. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina

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digital operation, analog operation, B1-5802, DIGITAL OPERATION, ANALOG OPERATION, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3, neural computation, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6, language faculty, LANGUAGE FACULTY, NEURAL COMPUTATION, Philosophy (General)

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