... with how LOT fails to clarify what a symbol is, despite it describing thinking as symbol processing. The third and final problem concerns LOT’s referential theory of meaning or mental content, which is incompatible with the notion that thinking is symbolic. LOT offers a prominent theory of the nature...

... of thought (LOT) may be an ill-conceived theory in the first place, even after considering the importance of computational approaches and the symbol-processing approach. First, there is the problem of the computational nature of the central system: LOT needs to move forward and orient itself with the current...