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    Challenges→The logic of belief and other attitudes must involve structured mental representations

    If the neural substrate of cognition is inherently subsymbolic, positing structured mental representations as the logic of attitudes misrepresents the actual computational basis of mind.

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    Neural substrate(as what representationalism assumes exists)
    The physical brain structures and processes that are the foundation for all thinking and mental activity.
    cognition(Interpretation of Kant's use of 'cognition' (Erkenntnis) as pertaining to meaning/intelligibility rather than merely knowledge)
    A semantic notion (on the interpretation described)
    computational basis of mind(in philosophy of mind and cognitive science)
    The underlying 'machinery' or processes that the mind uses to think, understood by analogy to how computers compute or process information.
    structured mental representations(in philosophy of mind)
    The idea that the mind works by manipulating organized, symbol-like thoughts in a logical way—similar to how a computer processes clearly defined pieces of data.

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    subsymbolic(in cognitive science and philosophy of mind)
    A way of processing information that doesn't rely on clear, discrete symbols or representations—like how your brain might recognize a face without consciously comparing it to a mental checklist of features.

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