Neural implementation details don't determine whether concepts are abstract or innate—substrate independence means symbolic and connectionist systems can instantiate identical abstractions.
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Substrate independence(in philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence)
The idea that certain patterns or programs can work the same way no matter what physical material runs them—like how the same software runs on different computers.
Symbolic systems(in cognitive science and AI)
Computer or thinking systems that work by manipulating symbols (like words or mathematical signs) according to logical rules, similar to how humans use language.
instantiate(as used in metaphysics)
To be a concrete example of something, or to have and display a particular property or category.