Abstract

This chapter examines a system that is capable of a rather more sophisticated form of spatial representation, particularly a system that enables an organism to find its way about by forming a topographic map of the surrounding environment. It discusses a topographic mapping system and suggests that it is able to identify particular places in a way that is quite distinct from the capacity to keep perceptual track of them. The chapter also evaluates a claim that an organism that possesses a topographic mapping system must be able to represent itself.