符號奠基問題

符號奠基問題，又稱符號接地問題（英語：Symbol grounding problem）在認知科學和語義學中指的是「單詞（通常指符號）如何獲得含義」的問題，與意義本身是什麼的問題關係密切。而意義問題與心理狀態是如何有意義的問題相關，因此符號奠基問題也與意識難題有關（即某些物理系統與主觀經驗的內容之間的聯繫是什麼？）。 

**參見**
 Binding problem- Categorical perception- Communicative action- 意識- 形式語言- 形式系統- Frame problem- 詮釋學- 物理符號系統- 語用學- 語義學- Semiosis- 符號學- 記號- Sign relation- Situated cognition- 句法- 圖靈機

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