Symbol grounding problem

@article{Harnad2007SymbolGP,
  title={Symbol grounding problem},
  author={Stevan Harnad},
  journal={Scholarpedia},
  year={2007},
  volume={2},
  pages={2373}
}
  • S. Harnad
  • Published 1 June 1990
  • Psychology
  • Scholarpedia
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