CONNECTING PERCEPTION TO COGNITION

Following the ''modularity'' orthodoxy of some years ago, it has tradi tionally been assumed that there is a clear and obvious separation bet ween perception and cognition. Close examination of this concept, howe ver, fails to reveal the join. Ballard et al.'s contention that the tw o ''cannot be easily separated'' is consistent with nonmodular views o f the way that symbol grounding might be achieved in situated systems. Indeed, the traditional separation is viewed as unhelpful.