Sprog og kognition

The relationship between cognitive science, artificial intelligence and positions in the philosophy of language are investigated, especially departing from John Haugeland's analysis of the foundations of GOFAI (Good Old Fashioned AI). It is concluded thatneither a pure formalist account like GOFAI with its representationalism, nor a purely rule-based account like the later Wittgensteins can account for the relationship between language and cognition, because language is an abstract entity that essentially involvessemantics and intentionality, and is also situated in a sense that first J.L. Austin pointed to.The relationship between cognitive science, artificial intelligence and positions in the philosophy of language are investigated, especially departing from John Haugeland's analysis of the foundations of GOFAI (Good Old Fashioned AI). It is concluded thatneither a pure formalist account like GOFAI with its representationalism, nor a purely rule-based account like the later Wittgensteins can account for the relationship between language and cognition, because language is an abstract entity that essentially involvessemantics and intentionality, and is also situated in a sense that first J.L. Austin pointed to