Integrating structure and meaning: a distributed model of analogical mapping |
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Authors: | Chris Eliasmith Paul Thagard |
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Affiliation: | Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program, Department of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1073, One Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 USA;Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1 |
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Abstract: | In this paper we present Drama , a distributed model of analogical mapping that integrates semantic and structural constraints on constructing analogies. Specifically, Drama uses holographic reduced representations (Plate, 1994), a distributed representation scheme, to model the effects of structure and meaning on human performance of analogical mapping. Drama is compared to three symbolic models of analogy (SME, Copycat, and ACME) and one partially distributed model (LISA). We describe Drama's performance on a number of example analogies and assess the model in terms of neurological and psychological plausibility. We argue that Drama's successes are due largely to integrating structural and semantic constraints throughout the mapping process. We also claim that Drama is an existence proof of using distributed representations to model high-level cognitive phenomena. |
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