Symbolic Abstraction

Above the cognitive architecture and its basic operating programs, there (usually) exists a level that enables the system to store knowledge in some basic framework. This level is due to symbolic abstraction, which is method of representing relations to the environment, and hence knowledge, within the system. Symbolic abstraction occurs at the symbol level and derives its power from the physical symbol system hypothesis. Thus, symbolic abstraction enables some methods of planning and possibly learning.


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